On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

6 mph NW · 30% rain · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

4.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

5 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief