On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.1wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Ascension brief