On This Water

Puerto Rico · La Parguera / southwest

Snook are in the mix — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

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 2026-02-01, 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
7.1OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Sunday, February 1. Back to this morning

Morning line

Parguera 7.1 on Sunday, February 1. 9 mph ESE. Clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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incoming · 0.56 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 9759110 · Magueyes Island · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW9MPH

From ESE · gust 19

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

99% lit

Full

spring range · 99%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 1.0 ft

incoming

0.56 ft MLLW

Coast

No live coast layer

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

Clock

NOAA 9759110

  • HighSun 10:39 AM · 0.67
  • LowMon 12:49 AM · -0.21
  • HighMon 10:58 AM · 0.61
  • LowTue 1:16 AM · -0.10
  • HighTue 10:40 AM · 0.53

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

    6.7

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

    • structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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  • Parguera mangrove cays

    mangrove edge · public structure · mid

    6.3

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

    • mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable 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.

  • Incoming water

    10.0

    Sun 8:00 AMSun 12:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Last light · outgoing

    9.7

    Sun 1:00 PMMon 2:00 AM

    Last light on outgoing water.

  • First light · incoming

    10.0

    Mon 3:00 AMMon 12:00 PM

    First light on incoming water.

  • Last light · outgoing

    9.7

    Mon 1:00 PMTue 2:00 AM

    Last light on outgoing water.

  • First light · incoming

    10.0

    Tue 4:00 AMTue 12:00 PM

    First 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 incoming from NOAA 9759110 Magueyes Island.
  • Clear. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 9 mph ESE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Full moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

4.8

Thermal window

56°92°

Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

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

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

4.8

Thermal window

68°94°

Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

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

Hogfish

Lachnolaimus maximus

4.8

Thermal window

66°90°

Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

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

Mangrove / gray snapper

Lutjanus griseus

4.8

Thermal window

64°92°

Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Incidental. Ciguatera. Not a Condado headline.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

4.8

Thermal window

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

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.