On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, October 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.5OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 8.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

16 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.6channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief