Mexico · East Cape / Los Barriles
Baja California Sur. Roosterfish in the surf and on the beaches. Dorado and tuna on Gordo Banks when the water is right. Pacific and Cortez, not the Gulf of Mexico. Do not invent a rooster on Laguna Madre.
Forecast
low confidence
Morning line
East Cape 8.1 on Thursday, August 20. 3 mph WNW. Clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From WNW · gust 3
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clear
Clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
49% lit
First quarter
neap range · 49%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.7 ft
outgoing
0.99 ft modeled
Clock
Modeled M2
Mexico tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing. There is no NOAA gauge here.
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26 · 9.1
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~1.5 ft · wind to 9 mph · Clouds · 28%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
East Cape beaches
sand dropoff · public structure · mid
Rooster in the wash. Live mullet or a big baitfish fly. Pacific surf, not a Texas jetty.
Outgoing water
8.6Thu 8:00 AM → Thu 3:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.5Thu 2:00 PM → Thu 9:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.5Thu 8:00 PM → Fri 3:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.5Fri 2:00 AM → Fri 9:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
8.6Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 3:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Lodge towns and cited marinas. CONAPESCA license. Biosphere and park water is not a freelance wade.
Los Barriles launches
CONAPESCA / BCS
East Cape door. Surf rooster and the run to Gordo.
Official sourceNo-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.
Roosterfish
Nematistius pectoralis
Thermal window
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Pacific / Sea of Cortez. Baja, not the Gulf. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Mexico: verify CONAPESCA. East Cape and La Paz programs are typically catch-and-release.
Mahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — not this flat or marsh. Switch method to Offshore. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
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
Thermal window
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Bluewater. Weedlines, humps, and the edge — not this flat or marsh. Switch method to Offshore. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
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.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
Thermal window
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Incidental. Not why you booked Ascension or East Cape.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
Thermal window
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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 is a real reason not to keep a big one.
Regs citedCONAPESCA recreational license · current CONAPESCA rules · rolls in 8 days. Sian Ka’an, Contoy, and Espíritu Santo are park or biosphere water. Roosterfish is Baja, not the Gulf.