On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.7structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.3OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph NE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 5.6sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief