On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, April 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — hold for the next push through the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.0OF 10

Day

low

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

1 mph NW · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 5.9sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.6hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief