On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are in the mix — hold for the next push through the lagoon.

15 mph ENE · low slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Juan Bay · 5.2pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief