On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

1 mph NNE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

16 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 4.6hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 4.6hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.2channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief