Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
Thermal window
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Present, not peak.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER bag and season. Do not apply an FWC closure map to this island.
Puerto Rico · La Parguera / southwest
Snook are the hunt — 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 2027-03-18, 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
medium confidence
Forecast brief for Thursday, March 18. Back to this morning
Morning line
Parguera 7.4 on Thursday, March 18. 11 mph ESE. Clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
low slack · 0.58 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 9759110 · Magueyes Island · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From ESE · gust 24
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clear
Clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
80% lit
Waxing gibbous
mid range · 80%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.8 ft
low slack
0.58 ft MLLW
Clock
NOAA 9759110
- HighThu 8:03 AM · 0.58
- LowThu 9:53 PM · -0.10
- HighFri 8:31 AM · 0.53
- LowFri 11:45 PM · -0.01
- HighSat 8:40 AM · 0.44
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26 · 8.6
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~0.5 ft · wind to 15 mph · 50% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 6.9
Magueyes Island
structure piling · public structure · mid
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.
skiffspinstructure - 6.4
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 low slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Snook, Tarpon.
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When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. Today’s ring mixes the best mark, the lead fish, and the best window, then taxes the sky. A strong incoming can sit under a weak day if the wind or the fish is off. Calendar cells are a third recipe: range, moon, and the day’s forecast.
Outgoing water
10.0Thu 10:00 AM → Thu 7:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
10.0Fri 1:00 AM → Fri 10:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
10.0Fri 10:00 AM → Fri 6:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
10.0Sat 2:00 AM → Sat 9:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
8.7Sat 11:00 AM → Sat 5:00 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 9759110 Magueyes Island.
- — Clear. Sky is workable.
- — 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.
5.5
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Thermal window
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Present, not peak.
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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Present, not peak.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER. Reef, not Condado Lagoon.
Mangrove / gray snapper
Lutjanus griseus
Thermal window
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Present, not peak.
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.
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.
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.