On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

4.7OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 5.5sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — Ste Anne and the inner edges — a GT, not the Alphonse photograph. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SSE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.5sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Mahé brief