Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
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In peak season for this water. 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.
Puerto Rico · La Parguera / southwest
Snook should be the day — 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 2026-09-01, 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.
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Tuesday, September 1. Back to this morning
Morning line
Parguera 7.9 on Tuesday, September 1. 8 mph SE. Rain · 30%. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 0.33 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
NWS
From SE
Sky
30% rain
Rain
Rain · 30%
Sight water goes blind. A marsh still fishes a shower.
Moon
80% lit
Waning gibbous
mid range · 80%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.8 ft
incoming
0.33 ft modeled
Clock
NOAA 9759110
- LowTue 3:00 AM · -0.35
- HighTue 9:00 AM · 0.36
- LowTue 3:00 PM · -0.37
- HighTue 9:00 PM · 0.38
- LowWed 3:00 AM · -0.39
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26 · 8.5
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~0.7 ft · wind to 16 mph · Rain · 20%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 7.6
Magueyes Island
structure piling · public structure · mid
NOAA 9759110 lives here. University water. The clock, not a honey hole.
- — structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Snook, Tarpon.
skiffspinstructure - 7.1
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 incoming tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Snook, Tarpon.
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When
Incoming water
9.8Tue 8:00 AM → Tue 11:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.8Tue 10:00 AM → Tue 5:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.5Tue 4:00 PM → Tue 11:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
8.5Tue 11:00 PM → Wed 5:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.8Wed 5:00 AM → Wed 11:00 AM
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 incoming (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
- — Rain · 30%. Marsh still fishes in a shower. A soaker is a different day.
- — Wind 8 mph SE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waning gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
8.4
Hogfish
Lachnolaimus maximus
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER. Reef, not Condado Lagoon.
Mangrove / gray snapper
Lutjanus griseus
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER.
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: treat as catch-and-release unless DNER says otherwise the morning you keep one.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) 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 (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Incidental. Ciguatera. Not a Condado headline.
Regs citedDNER Puerto Rico · current DNER recreational rules · rolls in 8 days. This is DNER water, not FWC. Do not paste a Jupiter snook closure onto Condado.