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Puerto Rico · Vieques / Culebra

Mahi-mahi should be the day — wait for the next inch on the south side.

The Spanish Virgin Islands. More flat than San Juan — bones and permit on the east-island banks, tarpon in the harbors. Culebra is the next cay north; do not invent a secret number between them. NOAA 9752621 Isabel Segunda. Mosquito Bay is a reserve, not a freelance wade.

  • ⚠ Puerto Rico is DNER water, not FWC. Marine reserves (including Mosquito Bay) are not a freelance wade. Verify before you keep a fish.
4.6OF 10

Today

medium confidence

Morning line

Vieques 4.6 this morning. 17 mph E. Rain · 40%. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
-0.6-0.3-0.00.30.6HLHLHLHLNOWMon 8 PMTue 8 PMWed 8 PMThu 8 PM
low slack · 0.43 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

NWS

NESW17MPH

From E

Sky

40% rain

Rain

Rain · 40%

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

Moon

91% lit

Waxing gibbous

mid range · 91%

Water

No gauge

Water

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48°92°

Today’s range 0.9 ft

low slack

0.43 ft modeled

Clock

NOAA 9752621

  • HighTue 1:53 AM · 0.45
  • LowTue 7:53 AM · -0.44
  • HighTue 1:53 PM · 0.42
  • LowTue 7:53 PM · -0.40
  • HighWed 2:53 AM · 0.37

Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.

Monthly YOLO day

Wednesday, August 26 · 9.4

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~0.7 ft · wind to 20 mph · 4% chance of rain

Stay or drive · Vieques vs PargueraOpen the calendarMorning dispatch

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

No marks match this method on this water.

When

  • Outgoing water

    8.7

    Tue 2:53 AM → Tue 9:53 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    7.8

    Tue 8:53 AM → Tue 3:53 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    8.7

    Tue 2:53 PM → Tue 9:53 PM

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

  • Incoming water

    8.7

    Tue 9:53 PM → Wed 3:53 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    8.7

    Wed 3:53 AM → Wed 9:53 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

Launch and beach access

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

  • Esperanza / Vieques

    DNER

    South-side village. Mosquito Bay is a reserve — not this ramp’s job.

    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 low slack (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
  • — Rain · 40%. Sight water goes blind. Wait it out or switch to stained marsh.
  • — Wind 17 mph E. Troll and jig are on.
  • — Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Mahi-mahi

Coryphaena hippurus

7.3

Thermal window

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66°92°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water.

Florida: typically 10/person, 60/vessel, 20 in fork. Texas: 3/day in federal waters under HMS/coastal rules — verify NOAA HMS and TPWD. Mexico: verify CONAPESCA. Bahamas: check current bag.

Tuna (blackfin / yellowfin)

Thunnus atlanticus / Thunnus albacares

7.3

Thermal window

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66°92°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water.

Federal HMS rules. Yellowfin typically 27 in curved fork. Blackfin often more liberal — verify NOAA HMS and FWC/TPWD the morning you leave the inlet.

Blue marlin

Makaira nigricans

7.3

Thermal window

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68°90°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water.

Federal HMS and DNER. The north drop, not Condado. Treat as catch-and-release.

White marlin

Kajikia albida

7.3

Thermal window

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66°88°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. In peak season for this water.

Federal HMS. The drop, not the lagoon. Treat as catch-and-release.

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

5.5

Thermal window

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60°84°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Present, not peak.

Federal HMS and DNER. The north drop. Verify the morning you leave.

Sailfish

Istiophorus platypterus

3.7

Thermal window

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66°90°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here.

Florida: catch-and-release for Atlantic sail except a rare harvest tag. Federal HMS permit in federal waters. Texas/Bahamas: treat as C&R.

Wahoo

Acanthocybium solandri

3.7

Thermal window

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66°88°

Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — this is the method. Off-season here.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

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64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.

Incidental. Not why you booked Condado.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

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66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.

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.