On This Water

Puerto Rico · La Parguera / southwest

Snook should be the day — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

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 2026-04-27, 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.
4.6OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Monday, April 27. Back to this morning

Morning line

Parguera 4.6 on Monday, April 27. 11 mph ESE. Thunderstorms. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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high slack · 0.29 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW11MPH

From ESE · gust 24

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Storms

Thunderstorms

Lightning is a stay-tied call.

Moon

79% lit

Waxing gibbous

mid range · 79%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 0.3 ft

high slack

0.29 ft MLLW

Clock

NOAA 9759110

  • LowMon 1:13 PM · 0.10
  • HighMon 9:28 PM · 0.35
  • LowTue 12:49 PM · 0.04
  • HighTue 9:33 PM · 0.45
  • LowWed 12:32 PM · -0.05

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

  • Magueyes Island

    structure piling · public structure · mid

    4.8

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

    • structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable 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

    4.5

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

    • mangrove edge on a high 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

  • Outgoing water

    9.1

    Mon 9:00 AMMon 2:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    8.8

    Mon 4:00 PMMon 10:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.1

    Tue 7:00 AMTue 2:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    8.8

    Tue 3:00 PMTue 10:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.1

    Wed 12:00 AMWed 1:00 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 high slack from NOAA.
  • Thunderstorms. Lightning is a stay-tied call.
  • Wind 11 mph ESE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Waxing 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.