On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

5.4OF 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.

18 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 5.6sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Mahé brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph ENE · incoming

Where

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