On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — verify which creeks are actually open, then wait for water.

11 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 5.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • The Marls · 5.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

5 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief