On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, September 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

4.6OF 10

Day

low

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

1 mph NE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

8 mph SE · 29% rain · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief