On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, February 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

2 mph ENE · 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

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief