On This Water

Puerto Rico · San Juan / Condado

Tarpon should be the day — the same harbor throats as they dump.

Urban tarpon. Condado Lagoon and San Juan Bay. Snook in the mangrove edges. The north coast drops to blue water in a hurry — sail and mahi are an offshore method, not this lagoon. NOAA 9755371 La Puntilla is the clock. DNER rules, not FWC.

  • Puerto Rico is DNER water, not FWC. Marine reserves (including Mosquito Bay) are not a freelance wade. Verify before you keep a fish.
7.9OF 10

Today

high confidence

Morning line

San Juan 7.9 this morning. 9 mph E. Rain · 10%. Wind versus the table: +0.5 ft. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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-0.10.40.91.41.9LHLHLHLHNOWSun 8 PMMon 8 PMTue 8 PMWed 8 PMThu 8 PM
outgoing · 0.79 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW

Wind

NOAA

NESW9MPH

From E · gust 10

Sky

10% rain

Rain

Rain · 10%

Sight water goes blind. A marsh still fishes a shower.

Moon

91% lit

Waxing gibbous

mid range · 91%

Water

NOAA 9755371

Water

85.8°

48°92°

Today’s range 1.5 ft

outgoing

0.79 ft MLLW

Wind vs table

Observed − predicted

+0.49 ft

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

Clock

NOAA 9755371

  • LowTue 1:59 AM · 0.77
  • HighTue 6:01 AM · 1.03
  • LowTue 12:25 PM · 0.18
  • HighTue 7:51 PM · 1.67
  • LowWed 2:27 AM · 0.72

Monthly YOLO day

Wednesday, August 26 · 8.9

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~1.5 ft · wind to 16 mph · Rain · 20%

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • Condado Lagoon

    channel gut · public structure · mid

    7.8

    Urban tarpon water under the bridges. Not a bonefish flat. DNER rules.

    • channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
    • In-play: Tarpon, Snook.
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When

  • Outgoing water

    9.8

    Tue 2:00 AMTue 4:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.8

    Tue 3:00 AMTue 8:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.8

    Tue 7:00 AMTue 2:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.8

    Tue 2:00 PMTue 10:00 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Outgoing water

    9.8

    Tue 9:00 PMWed 4:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

Launch and beach access

Cited village and harbor launches. DNER rules. Reserves are marked.

  • Condado / San Juan launches

    DNER / Municipio de San Juan

    Urban door into the lagoon and the bay. NOAA 9755371 is on this harbor.

    Official source

Legal water

No-take and closed water cited to the agency that owns it. Only the Keys box is FKNMS.

No FKNMS polygon in this box. Mainland Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and the Bahamas are not Keys sanctuary closures.

Why — and who

  • Tide is outgoing from NOAA.
  • The gauge is +0.49 ft off the predicted table — read the water, not just the printout.
  • Water 85.8°F. Temperature is in a workable band.
  • Rain · 10%. Marsh still fishes in a shower. A soaker is a different day.
  • Wind 9 mph E. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Mangrove / gray snapper

Lutjanus griseus

8.4

Thermal window

85.8°

64°92°

In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER.

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

8.2

Thermal window

85.8°

68°94°

Present, not peak. Water 86°F sits in the feeding window. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Puerto Rico: treat as catch-and-release unless DNER says otherwise the morning you keep one.

Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

6.6

Thermal window

85.8°

56°92°

Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER bag and season. Do not apply an FWC closure map to this island.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

85.8°

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. Water 86°F sits in the feeding window. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Incidental. Not why you booked Condado.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

85.8°

66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Incidental. Ciguatera. Not a Condado headline.

Regs citedDNER Puerto Rico · current DNER recreational rules · rolls in 8 days. This is DNER water, not FWC. Do not paste a Jupiter snook closure onto Condado.