On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the birdfoot drains and the pass edges — wind and river stage are the tide.

7 mph NNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • South Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — Ste Anne and the inner edges — a GT, not the Alphonse photograph.

15 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Mahé brief