On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, December 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — hold for the next push around the granitic islands. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Mahé 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.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

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