On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

14 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

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon sand, then the passes if the GT are up. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Farquhar brief