On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

4.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the cut and the Exuma-edge banks as they fall.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Current Cut · 5.2channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief