On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Paila · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

10 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief