On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, September 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.1OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph NNW · high slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.

4 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.8creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief