Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
Thermal window
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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.
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 2027-01-23, 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 Saturday, January 23. Back to this morning
Morning line
Parguera 3.9 on Saturday, January 23. 11 mph ESE. Thunderstorms. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 0.52 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From ESE · gust 24
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Storms
Thunderstorms
Lightning is a stay-tied call.
Moon
99% lit
Full
spring range · 99%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.9 ft
incoming
0.52 ft MLLW
Clock
NOAA 9759110
- HighSat 11:21 AM · 0.70
- LowSun 1:17 AM · -0.11
- HighSun 11:22 AM · 0.60
- LowMon 1:27 AM · 0.02
- HighMon 10:39 AM · 0.51
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
- 4.5
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.
- — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
skiffspinstructure - 4.2
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.
- — Thunderstorms — this mark is a stay-tied call, not a window.
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When
Incoming water
8.2Sat 8:00 AM → Sat 12:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.1Sat 2:00 PM → Sun 2:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.2Sun 3:00 AM → Sun 12:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.1Sun 2:00 PM → Mon 2:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.2Mon 4:00 AM → Mon 12:00 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 from NOAA.
- — Thunderstorms. Lightning is a stay-tied call.
- — Wind 11 mph ESE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Full moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
4.8
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Thermal window
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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
Thermal window
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Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER. Reef, not Condado Lagoon.
Mangrove / gray snapper
Lutjanus griseus
Thermal window
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Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
Thermal window
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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
Thermal window
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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.