On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.2OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph ENE · 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

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

9.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

6 mph NW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief