Mexico · La Paz / Espíritu Santo
Sea of Cortez. Espíritu Santo, El Bajo when the season is on, rooster along the rocky beaches. A town to sleep in. Tide is modeled. CONAPESCA license required.
Forecast
low confidence
Morning line
La Paz 7.8 on Friday, July 17. 10 mph NNW. Overcast. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From NNW · gust 11
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Overcast
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
9% lit
Waxing crescent
mid range · 9%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.4 ft
outgoing
-0.61 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.
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Pulling the 14-day strip…
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
Espíritu Santo
sand dropoff · public structure · mid
Named island north of La Paz. Parque Nacional. Rooster and a Cortez dorado. Park rules.
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. Today’s ring mixes the best mark, the lead fish, and the best window, then taxes the sky. A strong incoming can sit under a weak day if the wind or the fish is off. Calendar cells are a third recipe: range, moon, and the day’s forecast.
Outgoing water
9.0Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 12:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.0Fri 11:00 AM → Fri 6:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.9Fri 5:00 PM → Sat 12:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.9Fri 11:00 PM → Sat 6:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.9Sat 6:00 AM → Sat 1:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Lodge towns and cited marinas. CONAPESCA license. Biosphere and park water is not a freelance wade.
La Paz marinas / malecón
CONAPESCA / BCS
Town water. Espíritu Santo is the run north. Park rules on the island.
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 7 days. Sian Ka’an, Contoy, and Espíritu Santo are park or biosphere water. Roosterfish is Baja, not the Gulf.
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