Mystic Patrol Day Cover Stubby

The Mystic Patrol Day Cover Stubby is a lightweight board bag built for daily transport of compact, stubby-shaped boards. Produced by Mystic, a Netherlands-based watersports brand with a long history in board protection gear, this day cover sits within the Patrol line — a family of shape-specific board bags designed for local sessions rather than heavy travel. The 2026 edition continues the Patrol formula of practical padding, an expandable fin section, and internal organization pockets, all wrapped in recycled materials.

The bag's exterior shell uses PU-coated 600D recycled PET fabric, while interior and exterior reinforcement panels are made from heavy-duty tarpaulin. A compact storage system lets the cover decompress and lock down into a smaller footprint when it's not holding a board, which is a useful detail for riders short on garage or closet space.

• Available size: 5'3"
• Maximum board dimensions: 160 × 48 × 8 cm (5'3" × 19 1/8" × 3")
• Outer dimensions: 168 × 56 × 8 cm
• Weight: 1.35 kg
• Exterior material: PU-coated 600D recycled PET
• Interior/reinforcement material: Heavy-duty tarpaulin
• Color: Black

This bag targets riders who own short, wide boards — whether surf-style wing foil boards, stubby surfboards, or similar compact shapes — and need reliable everyday protection without the bulk or cost of a full travel case. It suits anyone regularly driving to a local break or launch spot who wants more coverage than a board sock but doesn't need wheels or multi-board capacity.

The expandable fin compartment is a practical touch for wing foilers and surfers who leave fins mounted between sessions. Rather than removing hardware every time, you can extend the fin section to accommodate attached fins, then compress it back down for storage. Two transparent interior pockets hold small parts like fin screws, keys, or wax, keeping loose items visible and organized. A padded shoulder strap and carry handles round out the portability features.

The Patrol Day Cover Stubby is one entry in Mystic's broad Patrol Day Cover range, which includes shape-specific variants for shortboards, mid-lengths, longboards, twintips, windsurf boards, and several foilboard formats (standard, midi, and downwind). The Stubby variant is purpose-cut for wider, shorter outlines that don't fit well in a standard shortboard cover. Within the Patrol family, all models share the same construction approach and feature set — recycled PET shell, tarpaulin reinforcement, expandable fin section — differing mainly in dimensions and internal proportions.

For riders needing a foil-specific option with mast and wing accommodation, Mystic offers the Patrol Daycover Foilboard and the wheeled Patrol Foil Boardbag as step-up alternatives. Competing day covers in a similar price bracket include the Dakine Daylight Surf Thruster and the Ion Boardbag Core Stubby, both of which offer comparable padding and single-board capacity for short shapes.