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Puerto Rico · La Parguera / southwest

Snook are the hunt — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

Southwest mangrove cays and the drop to the Caribbean. Snook and tarpon in the trees, reef and blue water a short run south. NOAA 9759110 Magueyes Island is the clock. Not San Juan. DNER and any reserve markers are the law.

  • ⚠ This brief is for 2025-07-18, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
  • ⚠ Thunderstorms in the forecast. Lightning is a stay-tied call. The score is not a safety brief.
  • ⚠ Puerto Rico is DNER water, not FWC. Marine reserves (including Mosquito Bay) are not a freelance wade. Verify before you keep a fish.
  • Tide · NOAA 9759110
  • NDBC 42085 quiet
  • Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
  • Water temp quiet
4.3OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Friday, July 18. Back to this morning

Morning line

Parguera 4.3 on Friday, July 18. 5 mph SE. Thunderstorms. YOLO day is Sunday, August 30. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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high slack · 0.13 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 9759110 · Magueyes Island · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW5MPH

From SE · gust 14

Buoy

NDBC 42085

Quiet

South of Ponce did not report. Witness only — not the tide clock.

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Storms

Thunderstorms

Lightning is a stay-tied call.

Moon

45% lit

Last quarter

neap range · 45%

Water

No gauge

Water

—

48°92°

Today’s range 0.7 ft

high slack

0.13 ft MLLW

Coast

No live coast layer

Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.

Clock

NOAA 9759110

  • LowFri 8:23 AM · 0.13
  • HighFri 7:54 PM · 0.82
  • LowSat 8:28 AM · 0.01
  • HighSat 8:10 PM · 0.89
  • LowSun 8:51 AM · -0.09

Monthly YOLO day

Sunday, August 30

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~0.5 ft · wind to 13 mph · Rain · 7%

Stay or drive · Parguera vs ViequesOpen the calendarMorning dispatch

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.

  • Magueyes Island

    structure piling · public structure · mid

    4.8

    NOAA 9759110 lives here. University water. The clock, not a honey hole.

    • — structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
    • — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
    • — In-play: Snook, Tarpon.
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  • Parguera mangrove cays

    mangrove edge · public structure · mid

    4.5

    Southwest trees. Snook and a baby tarpon. The village is the door. Reserve markers are the law.

    • — mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
    • — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
    • — In-play: Snook, Tarpon.
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When

When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. 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.

  • Last light · incoming

    9.1

    Fri 10:00 AM → Fri 9:00 PM

    Last light on incoming water.

  • Last light · outgoing

    9.1

    Fri 10:00 PM → Sat 9:00 AM

    Last light on outgoing water.

  • Last light · incoming

    9.1

    Sat 11:00 AM → Sat 9:00 PM

    Last light on incoming water.

  • Last light · outgoing

    9.1

    Sat 10:00 PM → Sun 9:00 AM

    Last light on outgoing water.

  • Last light · incoming

    9.1

    Sun 11:00 AM → Sun 10:00 PM

    Last light on incoming water.

Launch and beach access

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

  • La Parguera village

    DNER

    Southwest mangrove door. Magueyes 9759110 is the clock.

    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 high slack from NOAA 9759110 Magueyes Island.
  • — Thunderstorms. Lightning is a stay-tied call.
  • — Wind 5 mph SE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • — Last quarter moon — neap tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

7.3

Thermal window

—

68°94°

In peak season for this water.

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

Hogfish

Lachnolaimus maximus

7.3

Thermal window

—

66°90°

In peak season for this water.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER. Reef, not Condado Lagoon.

Mangrove / gray snapper

Lutjanus griseus

7.3

Thermal window

—

64°92°

In peak season for this water.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER.

Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

5.5

Thermal window

—

56°92°

Present, not peak.

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

—

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

—

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 6 days. This is DNER water, not FWC. Do not paste a Jupiter snook closure onto Condado.