On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph SSW · outgoing

-0.28 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.2OF 10

Today

medium

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief