On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 17. 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 should be the day — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

9 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.8wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

8 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.6sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief