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 2026-10-05, 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.
7.6OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Monday, October 5. Back to this morning

Morning line

Parguera 7.6 on Monday, October 5. 9 mph ESE. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Thursday, August 27. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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0.00.30.50.81.0HLHLHLHLSun 8 PMMon 8 PMTue 8 PMWed 8 PMThu 8 PM
low slack · 0.19 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW9MPH

From ESE · gust 20

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Partly cloudy

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

Moon

34% lit

Waning crescent

neap range · 34%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 0.8 ft

low slack

0.19 ft MLLW

Clock

NOAA 9759110

  • HighMon 7:17 PM · 0.89
  • LowTue 6:21 AM · 0.29
  • HighTue 7:44 PM · 0.83
  • LowWed 6:26 AM · 0.41
  • HighWed 7:44 PM · 0.74

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%

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • Magueyes Island

    structure piling · public structure · mid

    6.7

    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

    6.2

    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

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Mon 10:00 AMMon 8:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    8.6

    Mon 9:00 PMTue 6:00 AM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.6

    Tue 12:00 PMTue 8:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    8.6

    Tue 10:00 PMWed 5:00 AM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.6

    Wed 2:00 PMWed 8:00 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.
  • Partly cloudy. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 9 mph ESE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Waning crescent moon — neap 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.

Hogfish

Lachnolaimus maximus

7.3

Thermal window

66°90°

In peak season for this water.

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

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.

Mangrove / gray snapper

Lutjanus griseus

5.5

Thermal window

64°92°

Present, not peak.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER.

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.

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.

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.