The Saturday Letter · Vol. 1 · No. 32

Week of the water

August 3 – August 9, 2026 · August fundamentals · Seychelles · 1 of 1 desk · frozen Saturday issue

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This week on your coast

Alphonse

5.9

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

Still the windy half. Plan Mahé or wait for October.

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.

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Alphonse

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Today

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Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

Still the windy half. Plan Mahé or wait for October.

Water.: 21 mph SE · 0% rain
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).

— Partly cloudy. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.

Open the Alphonse brief

Box score · August

In peak this month

No primary species is marked peak this month. Check present fish on the season page.

Noise, not the headline: Great barracuda.

Rules

Closed or closing

No coast-wide harvest closure is on the board this week. Still verify before you keep a fish.

August by region, type, and species

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.