On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.0sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief