On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.1OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph NNW · 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 · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

9 mph NNW · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.8pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.8mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.6structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief