On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school across lodge water.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • St François flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

1 mph NNW · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.0sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief