On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, February 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next push under the bridges.

13 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.7wreck edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.6OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief