On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

5.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph NNE · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.4structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.0mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

5.5OF 10

Day

low

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

0 mph NE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.2sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.1hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Ascension brief