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

7.1OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph NE · 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

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges.

12 mph S · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief