On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph NE · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here.

13 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief