On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch on the south side.

17 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Esperanza banks · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Culebra banks · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

5.2OF 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.

22 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

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