On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.2OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

6 mph ENE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.1sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.0OF 10

Today

medium

Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.4channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief