diff --git a/src/static_src/scss/_card-deck.scss b/src/static_src/scss/_card-deck.scss
index 85fd280..e6f5857 100644
--- a/src/static_src/scss/_card-deck.scss
+++ b/src/static_src/scss/_card-deck.scss
@@ -1696,15 +1696,35 @@ $sea-card-h: 6.5rem;
 .sea-pos-cover .sea-card-slot--visible { opacity: 0.3;  animation: sea-cover-appear 2s ease; }
 .sea-pos-cross .sea-card-slot--visible  { opacity: 0.15; animation: sea-cross-appear 2s ease; }
 
-// Hover: reveal fully (snappy)
-.sea-pos-cover .sea-card-slot--visible:hover,
-.sea-pos-cross  .sea-card-slot--visible:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 0.15s ease; }
+// ── Spread-card hover-glow + active-persist (user-spec 2026-05-30) ──────────
+// Mirror the deck-stack's hover / `--active` glow onto EACH spread card: the
+// customary --ninUser selection halo appears on HOVER + PERSISTS on the active
+// (`.sea-card-slot--focused`) two-tap selection sea.js sets. Builds on the
+// cover/cross opacity-reveal rules above.
+//
+// `!important`: the filled-card drop-shadow ladder (lines ~498-542) climbs to
+// 0-4-0, so on a hovered/focused rotated card it out-specifies a plain
+// `.sea-card-slot--focused` box-shadow (0-1-0) — exactly why the PRIOR focused
+// glow silently never rendered (verified 2026-05-30). The halo is symmetric so
+// it's rotation-invariant; it replaces the tiny directional drop (the
+// established focused intent). No colour change — box-shadow only.
+$_sea-card-glow: 0 0 0.5rem 0.5rem rgba(var(--ninUser), 0.3), 0 0 0.4rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);
 
-// Focused (first tap): persist at opacity 1 + selection glow until modal opens
+// Hover: Cover/Cross bump opacity to full (they overlay the semi-transparent
+// sig); every position then gains the halo.
+.sea-pos-cover .sea-card-slot--visible:hover,
+.sea-pos-cross  .sea-card-slot--visible:hover { opacity: 1; }
+.my-sea-cross .sea-card-slot--visible:hover {
+    box-shadow: $_sea-card-glow !important;
+    transition: opacity 0.15s ease, box-shadow 0.15s ease;
+}
+
+// Active/persist (first tap): hold full opacity + the halo until the second tap
+// opens the stage (sea.js two-tap pattern, all positions).
 .sea-card-slot--focused {
     opacity: 1 !important;
     transition: opacity 0.15s ease, box-shadow 0.15s ease;
-    box-shadow: 0 0 0.5rem 0.25rem rgba(var(--ninUser), 0.35), 0 0 0.4rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);
+    box-shadow: $_sea-card-glow !important;
 }
 
 // Cover + Cross — absolutely overlaid on the Sig card in .sea-pos-core
@@ -2000,7 +2020,27 @@ $sea-card-h: 6.5rem;
     margin: 0 auto;
     transform: translateY(-50%);
     z-index: 5;
+    // FLIP reveal — UNIFIED across the owner picker (my_sea) + the read-only
+    // spectator (my_sea_visit), user-spec 2026-05-30. Hidden + non-interactive
+    // by default; HOVER / focus fades it in ephemerally; a CLICK PERSISTS it via
+    // the JS-set `.sea-deck-stack--active` class (the same class the face-glow
+    // rules below persist on). Was split: the owner toggled `display` on click
+    // only (no hover); the spectator faded on hover only (no persist).
+    opacity: 0;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
 }
+.sea-deck-stack:hover .sea-stack-ok,
+.sea-deck-stack:focus-within .sea-stack-ok,
+.sea-deck-stack--active .sea-stack-ok { opacity: 1; }
+// Interactivity is gated on the PERSIST state (`--active`), NOT hover. Hover is
+// a purely VISUAL preview — same as the spectator's disabled FLIP, whose "hover
+// effect" is just the reveal. Keeping the FLIP click-through on hover preserves
+// the owner's two-step deal: click the stack (→ `--active`) THEN click the FLIP.
+// Were it clickable on hover, a single stack-click would land on the centred
+// FLIP itself + deal early. The spectator's FLIP stays `.btn-disabled` (read-
+// only) so it never becomes interactive even while persisted.
+.sea-deck-stack--active .sea-stack-ok:not(.btn-disabled) { pointer-events: auto; }
 
 .sea-deck-stack { gap: 0; }  // remove gap so name slides under the face
 
@@ -2021,8 +2061,13 @@ $sea-card-h: 6.5rem;
 
 // Deck backs — face-down pile colour identifies polarity
 $_sea-shadow: 1px 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.7), 0 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.18), 2px 5px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
-$_glow-levity:  0 0 0.8rem 0.15rem rgba(var(--ninUser), 0.6);
-$_glow-gravity: 0 0 0.8rem 0.15rem rgba(var(--quaUser), 0.6);
+// Levity + gravity stack glows mirror the spread-card halo's tuned geometry
+// ($_sea-card-glow, user-tuned 2026-05-30: 0.5rem blur / 0.5rem spread / 0.3
+// alpha) so the deck glows read identically to the card halo — each keeps its
+// own polarity colour (--ninUser / --quaUser). Duplicated literally (not
+// shared) so each stays independently tunable. (single keeps its own tone.)
+$_glow-levity:  0 0 0.5rem 0.5rem rgba(var(--ninUser), 0.3);
+$_glow-gravity: 0 0 0.5rem 0.5rem rgba(var(--ninUser), 0.3);
 
 .sea-deck-stack--levity .sea-stack-face {
     background: rgba(var(--terUser), 0.88);
diff --git a/src/static_src/scss/_gameboard.scss b/src/static_src/scss/_gameboard.scss
index e89ddfe..e26d483 100644
--- a/src/static_src/scss/_gameboard.scss
+++ b/src/static_src/scss/_gameboard.scss
@@ -808,20 +808,11 @@ body.page-gameboard {
         transform-origin: center;
     }
 
-    // Read-only FLIP (disabled ×) — hidden until its stack is hovered/focused,
-    // then eases in: same reveal shape as the shared `flip-btn-base` mixin
-    // (opacity 0→1 over 0.3s ease), inlined here because _gameboard.scss is
-    // imported before _card-deck.scss (where the mixin lives). Stays non-
-    // interactive — `.btn-disabled` keeps pointer-events:none. The base
-    // `.sea-stack-ok` positioning is untouched (we only add the fade).
-    .sea-stack-ok {
-        opacity: 0;
-        transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
-    }
-    .sea-deck-stack:hover .sea-stack-ok,
-    .sea-deck-stack:focus-within .sea-stack-ok {
-        opacity: 1;
-    }
+    // FLIP reveal (hover-fade + click-persist) is now the SHARED `.sea-stack-ok`
+    // behaviour in _card-deck.scss — unified with the owner picker per user-spec
+    // 2026-05-30, so the visitor's prior hover-only override is gone. The
+    // spectator's click-persist (`.sea-deck-stack--active`) is wired in
+    // my_sea_visit.html (the read-only FLIP stays disabled throughout).
 }
 
 // ── Iter 4b: Brief banner + DEL guard portal ─────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/src/templates/apps/gameboard/my_sea.html b/src/templates/apps/gameboard/my_sea.html
index 8cdc045..5fa9424 100644
--- a/src/templates/apps/gameboard/my_sea.html
+++ b/src/templates/apps/gameboard/my_sea.html
@@ -357,10 +357,12 @@
                     return DRAW_ORDER[hidden.value] || [];
                 }
 
+                // FLIP visibility is now CSS-driven (opacity on hover/focus +
+                // the `.sea-deck-stack--active` persist class — unified w. the
+                // spectator page, user-spec 2026-05-30). `_showOk`/`_hideOk` just
+                // toggle `--active`; no more inline `display` juggling.
                 function _hideOk() {
                     if (_activeStack) {
-                        var ok = _activeStack.querySelector('.sea-stack-ok');
-                        if (ok) ok.style.display = 'none';
                         _activeStack.classList.remove('sea-deck-stack--active');
                         _activeStack = null;
                     }
@@ -369,8 +371,6 @@
                     _hideOk();
                     _activeStack = stack;
                     stack.classList.add('sea-deck-stack--active');
-                    var ok = stack.querySelector('.sea-stack-ok');
-                    if (ok) ok.style.display = '';
                 }
 
                 function _fillSlot(positionName, card, isLevity) {
@@ -529,7 +529,6 @@
                     });
                     var ok = stack.querySelector('.sea-stack-ok');
                     if (ok) {
-                        ok.style.display = 'none';
                         ok.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
                             e.stopPropagation();
                             // Hand complete → FLIP is disabled. No draw.
diff --git a/src/templates/apps/gameboard/my_sea_visit.html b/src/templates/apps/gameboard/my_sea_visit.html
index 7799689..594110d 100644
--- a/src/templates/apps/gameboard/my_sea_visit.html
+++ b/src/templates/apps/gameboard/my_sea_visit.html
@@ -137,6 +137,34 @@
         }
     }());
     </script>
+    {# Deck-stack persist — the spectator's FLIP is disabled (read-only), but    #}
+    {# clicking a stack PERSISTS its glow + the revealed × via the shared        #}
+    {# `.sea-deck-stack--active` class (same persist the owner picker uses,      #}
+    {# user-spec 2026-05-30). Hover-reveal + the fade are the shared CSS; this   #}
+    {# only adds the click-to-lock. Clicking another stack / elsewhere clears.   #}
+    <script>
+    (function () {
+        var overlay = document.getElementById('id_sea_overlay');
+        if (!overlay) return;
+        var stacks = overlay.querySelectorAll('.sea-deck-stack');
+        if (!stacks.length) return;
+        function clearAll(except) {
+            stacks.forEach(function (s) {
+                if (s !== except) s.classList.remove('sea-deck-stack--active');
+            });
+        }
+        stacks.forEach(function (stack) {
+            stack.addEventListener('click', function (e) {
+                e.stopPropagation();   // don't let the overlay handler clear it
+                var on = stack.classList.contains('sea-deck-stack--active');
+                clearAll(stack);
+                stack.classList.toggle('sea-deck-stack--active', !on);
+            });
+        });
+        // A click anywhere else on the cross drops the persisted reveal.
+        overlay.addEventListener('click', function () { clearAll(null); });
+    }());
+    </script>
     {# Async witness — a WS to `mysea_<owner>` pushes the owner's hand as each #}
     {# card lands; SeaDeal.register fills the cross slot (+ seeds it clickable) #}
     {# live, no refresh. A DEL (empty hand) re-empties the cleared slots.       #}