On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are in the mix — the same harbor throats as they dump.

6 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 7.0channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Juan Bay · 7.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

5.6OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — Ste Anne and the inner edges — a GT, not the Alphonse photograph. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 5.6sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Mahé brief