On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, May 15. 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

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

3 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SSW · incoming

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • West Bay grass · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Christmas Bay · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief