On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — the lagoon is a look; the pass wants water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

25 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • Farquhar lagoon · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Farquhar passes · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief