On This Water

Puerto Rico · La Parguera / southwest

Snook are in the mix — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

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 2026-01-13, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
  • 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
6.3OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Tuesday, January 13. Back to this morning

Morning line

Parguera 6.3 on Tuesday, January 13. 6 mph E. Clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
-0.4-0.10.20.50.8HLHLHLHLMon 8 PMTue 8 PMWed 8 PMThu 8 PMFri 8 PM
low slack · 0.60 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 9759110 · Magueyes Island · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW6MPH

From E · gust 15

Buoy

NDBC 42085

Quiet

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

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clear

Clear

A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.

Moon

27% lit

Waning crescent

mid range · 27%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 0.8 ft

low slack

0.60 ft MLLW

Coast

No live coast layer

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

Clock

NOAA 9759110

  • HighTue 8:22 AM · 0.60
  • LowTue 9:12 PM · -0.19
  • HighWed 8:44 AM · 0.62
  • LowWed 9:58 PM · -0.24
  • HighThu 9:08 AM · 0.63

Monthly YOLO day

Wednesday, August 26

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~0.7 ft · wind to 15 mph · 50% chance of rain

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

    5.5

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

    • structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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  • Parguera mangrove cays

    mangrove edge · public structure · mid

    5.0

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

    • mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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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 · outgoing

    10.0

    Tue 10:00 AMTue 9:00 PM

    Last light on outgoing water.

  • First light · incoming

    8.1

    Wed 12:00 AMWed 10:00 AM

    First light on incoming water.

  • Last light · outgoing

    10.0

    Wed 11:00 AMWed 10:00 PM

    Last light on outgoing water.

  • First light · incoming

    8.1

    Thu 12:00 AMThu 10:00 AM

    First light on incoming water.

  • Last light · outgoing

    10.0

    Thu 11:00 AMThu 11:00 PM

    Last light on outgoing 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 low slack from NOAA 9759110 Magueyes Island.
  • Clear. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 6 mph E. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Waning crescent moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

3.7

Thermal window

56°92°

Off-season here.

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

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

3.7

Thermal window

68°94°

Off-season here.

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

Hogfish

Lachnolaimus maximus

3.7

Thermal window

66°90°

Off-season here.

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

Mangrove / gray snapper

Lutjanus griseus

3.7

Thermal window

64°92°

Off-season here.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.5

Thermal window

66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak.

Incidental. Ciguatera. Not a Condado headline.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

3.7

Thermal window

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here.

Incidental. Not why you booked Condado.

Regs citedDNER Puerto Rico · current DNER recreational rules · rolls in 7 days. This is DNER water, not FWC. Do not paste a Jupiter snook closure onto Condado.