On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Paila · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

4 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.4structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief