Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER bag and season. Do not apply an FWC closure map to this island.
Puerto Rico · La Parguera / southwest
Snook should be the day — the same trees on the dump, then the southwest drop if the method is Offshore.
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 2026-04-20, 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.
Forecast
medium confidence
Forecast brief for Monday, April 20. Back to this morning
Morning line
Parguera 5.1 on Monday, April 20. 11 mph ESE. Thunderstorms. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · 0.09 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From ESE · gust 24
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Storms
Thunderstorms
Lightning is a stay-tied call.
Moon
12% lit
Waxing crescent
mid range · 12%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.0 ft
outgoing
0.09 ft MLLW
Clock
NOAA 9759110
- LowMon 1:39 PM · -0.42
- HighTue 2:25 AM · 0.62
- LowTue 2:15 PM · -0.41
- HighWed 3:34 AM · 0.61
- LowWed 2:52 PM · -0.35
Monthly YOLO day
Monday, August 31 · 8.2
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~0.6 ft · wind to 9 mph · Thunderstorms · 94%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 5.7
Parguera mangrove cays
mangrove edge · public structure · mid
Southwest trees. Snook and a baby tarpon. The village is the door. Reserve markers are the law.
- — mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
- — In-play: Snook, Tarpon.
skiffkayakspinfly - 5.5
Magueyes Island
structure piling · public structure · mid
NOAA 9759110 lives here. University water. The clock, not a honey hole.
- — structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
- — In-play: Snook, Tarpon.
skiffspinstructure
When
Outgoing water
9.1Mon 8:00 AM → Mon 3:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.8Mon 3:00 PM → Tue 3:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.1Tue 4:00 AM → Tue 4:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
8.8Tue 4:00 PM → Wed 4:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.1Wed 5:00 AM → Wed 4:00 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 outgoing from NOAA.
- — Thunderstorms. Lightning is a stay-tied call.
- — Wind 11 mph ESE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waxing crescent moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
8.4
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: treat as catch-and-release unless DNER says otherwise the morning you keep one.
Hogfish
Lachnolaimus maximus
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER. Reef, not Condado Lagoon.
Mangrove / gray snapper
Lutjanus griseus
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Incidental. Not why you booked Condado.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Incidental. Ciguatera. Not a Condado headline.
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.