On This Water

Puerto Rico · La Parguera / southwest

Snook are in the mix — 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 2026-12-01, 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.
6.5OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Tuesday, December 1. Back to this morning

Morning line

Parguera 6.5 on Tuesday, December 1. 8 mph ESE. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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-0.6-0.30.00.30.6LHLHLHLHTue 8 AMWed 8 AMThu 8 AMFri 8 AM
incoming · 0.14 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW8MPH

From ESE · gust 18

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Partly cloudy

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

Moon

56% lit

Last quarter

neap range · 56%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 0.9 ft

incoming

0.14 ft modeled

Clock

NOAA 9759110

  • LowTue 4:00 AM · -0.43
  • HighTue 10:00 AM · 0.43
  • LowTue 5:00 PM · -0.43
  • HighTue 11:00 PM · 0.44
  • LowWed 5:00 AM · -0.45

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

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

    6.5

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

    • structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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  • Parguera mangrove cays

    mangrove edge · public structure · mid

    6.0

    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.
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When

  • Incoming water

    9.0

    Tue 8:00 AMTue 12:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.9

    Tue 12:00 PMTue 6:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    8.0

    Tue 6:00 PMWed 12:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    8.0

    Wed 12:00 AMWed 7:00 AM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Wed 6:00 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 incoming (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
  • Partly cloudy. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 8 mph ESE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Last quarter moon — neap tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

4.8

Thermal window

56°92°

Off-season here. 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.

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

4.8

Thermal window

68°94°

Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Puerto Rico: treat as catch-and-release unless DNER says otherwise the morning you keep one.

Hogfish

Lachnolaimus maximus

4.8

Thermal window

66°90°

Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

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

Mangrove / gray snapper

Lutjanus griseus

4.8

Thermal window

64°92°

Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Incidental. Ciguatera. Not a Condado headline.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

4.8

Thermal window

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

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.