On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

4.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

7 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 5.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

11 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief