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Puerto Rico · La Parguera / southwest

Snook are the hunt — 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 2026-03-19, 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.
4.2OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Thursday, March 19. Back to this morning

Morning line

Parguera 4.2 on Thursday, March 19. 11 mph ESE. Thunderstorms. YOLO day is Thursday, August 27. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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-0.5-0.20.10.40.7HLHLHLHLWed 8 PMThu 8 PMFri 8 PMSat 8 PMSun 8 PM
low slack · 0.28 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 9759110 · Magueyes Island · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW11MPH

From ESE · gust 25

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Storms

Thunderstorms

Lightning is a stay-tied call.

Moon

1% lit

New

spring range · 1%

Water

No gauge

Water

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48°92°

Today’s range 0.3 ft

low slack

0.28 ft MLLW

Clock

NOAA 9759110

  • HighThu 7:37 AM · 0.28
  • LowThu 2:25 PM · 0.07
  • HighThu 9:52 PM · 0.35
  • LowFri 2:03 PM · -0.05
  • HighFri 11:37 PM · 0.41

Monthly YOLO day

Thursday, August 27 · 8.4

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. full · spring · tide range ~0.6 ft · wind to 14 mph · Rain · 30%

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

    4.7

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

    • — structure piling on a low 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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  • Parguera mangrove cays

    mangrove edge · public structure · mid

    4.4

    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.
    • — 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. 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

    9.1

    Thu 10:00 AM → Thu 3:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    8.8

    Thu 5:00 PM → Thu 11:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.1

    Fri 9:00 AM → Fri 3:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    8.8

    Fri 4:00 PM → Sat 12:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.1

    Sat 5:00 AM → Sat 3:00 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

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.
  • — Thunderstorms. Lightning is a stay-tied call.
  • — Wind 11 mph ESE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • — New moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

5.5

Thermal window

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56°92°

Present, not peak.

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

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

5.5

Thermal window

—

68°94°

Present, not peak.

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

Hogfish

Lachnolaimus maximus

5.5

Thermal window

—

66°90°

Present, not peak.

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

Mangrove / gray snapper

Lutjanus griseus

5.5

Thermal window

—

64°92°

Present, not peak.

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.