On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — hold for the next push through the cut.

9 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Current Cut · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.0OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Paila · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief