On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, July 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

6 mph NW · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • South Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief