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The Saturday Letter · Vol. 1 · No. 29

Week of the water

July 13 – July 19, 2026 · July fundamentals · Seychelles · 1 of 1 desk · frozen Saturday issue

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This week on your coast

Alphonse

7.2

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge.

SE monsoon. Offshore and reef more than the skinny sand. Tuna if you came for that.

This edition is Seychelles only — Seychelles. Coasts you did not elect stay off this letter. Scores are 1–10. They are not bite guarantees. Read this month’s seasonal fundamentals.

Seychelles

That Saturday

Seychelles desk

Alphonse

GT country

7.2OF 10

Today

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Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge.

SE monsoon. Offshore and reef more than the skinny sand. Tuna if you came for that.

Water.
wind quiet
Tide.
outgoing
Moon.
Waxing gibbous · mid
Window.
Outgoing water — Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
6.6Permit6.6Giant trevally

— Tide is outgoing (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).

— Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Open the Alphonse brief

Box score · July

In peak this month

  • Permit

    Seychelles

    None in Texas. Keys mecca — flats, banks, wrecks. Bahamas west sides May–Oct. Puerto Rico: east-island banks, not Condado. Seychelles 'permit' is often the Indo-Pacific fish (Trachinotus blochii) — same job, different ocean.

Noise, not the headline: Great barracuda.

Regs citedSeychelles Fishing Authority · current SFA license and harvest · rolls in 8 days. Outer atolls are lodge water. Giant trevally lives here. Not on Texas. Not in Puerto Rico.