On This Water

Puerto Rico · La Parguera / southwest

Snook should be the day — 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 2026-04-05. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.
  • Puerto Rico is DNER water, not FWC. Marine reserves (including Mosquito Bay) are not a freelance wade. Verify before you keep a fish.
7.8OF 10

Tide + moon

low confidence

Forecast brief for Sunday, April 5. Back to this morning

Morning line

Parguera 7.8 on Sunday, April 5 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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-0.6-0.30.00.30.6HLHLHLHLSun 8 AMMon 8 AMTue 8 AMWed 8 AM
low slack · 0.29 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

NWS

NESWMPH

No wind reading

Sky

NWS

Sky not in

Sky not in

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

Moon

90% lit

Waning gibbous

mid range · 90%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 0.6 ft

low slack

0.29 ft modeled

Clock

NOAA 9759110

  • HighSun 8:00 AM · 0.29
  • LowSun 2:00 PM · -0.31
  • HighSun 8:00 PM · 0.32
  • LowMon 2:00 AM · -0.32
  • HighMon 9:00 AM · 0.34

Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.

Monthly YOLO day

Monday, August 31 · 8.9

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~0.6 ft · wind to 8 mph · Rain · 30%

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • Magueyes Island

    structure piling · public structure · mid

    6.9

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

    • structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
    • In-play: Snook, Tarpon.
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  • Parguera mangrove cays

    mangrove edge · public structure · mid

    6.4

    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.
    • In-play: Snook, Tarpon.
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When

  • Outgoing water

    9.4

    Sun 9:00 AMSun 4:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.1

    Sun 3:00 PMSun 10:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    8.0

    Sun 10:00 PMMon 4:00 AM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Mon 4:00 AMMon 10:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.4

    Mon 10:00 AMMon 4:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

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 (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
  • Waning gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

7.3

Thermal window

56°92°

In peak season for this water.

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

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

5.5

Thermal window

64°92°

Present, not peak.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER.

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.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.5

Thermal window

64°94°

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

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.