On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, April 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — wait; slack under the bridges is traffic.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • San Juan Bay · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

22 mph NE · incoming

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief