On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — Ste Anne and the inner edges — a GT, not the Alphonse photograph. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

25 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.5sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Mahé brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.2OF 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