On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, September 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — wait; slack under the bridges is traffic.

10 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Condado Lagoon · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • San Juan Bay · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Esperanza banks · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief