On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

12 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.9channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

4.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

0 mph NE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 5.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 4.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief