On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.5OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon should be the day — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

15 mph ENE · rain · incoming

+0.40 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 7.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 6.1channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.0OF 10

Today

medium

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

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

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