On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, July 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.2OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — slide to guts and the ship-channel edges until it moves.

11 mph W · low slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • San Luis Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Galveston brief