Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
Thermal window
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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 2027-04-12, 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.
- Tide · modeled — NOAA 9759110 quiet
- NDBC 42085 quiet
- Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
- Water temp quiet
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Monday, April 12. Back to this morning
Morning line
Parguera 8.8 on Monday, April 12. 9 mph ESE. Clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 0.24 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From ESE · gust 19
Buoy
NDBC 42085
Quiet
South of Ponce did not report. Witness only — not the tide clock.
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clear
Clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
35% lit
Waxing crescent
neap range · 35%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.9 ft
incoming
0.24 ft modeled
Coast
No live coast layer
Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.
Clock
NOAA 9759110
- LowMon 4:00 AM · -0.41
- HighMon 10:00 AM · 0.42
- LowMon 4:00 PM · -0.43
- HighMon 10:00 PM · 0.43
- LowTue 4:00 AM · -0.43
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~0.7 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.
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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 - 7.7
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
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. 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.
Incoming water
10.0Mon 8:00 AM → Mon 12:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.7Mon 11:00 AM → Mon 6:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Last light · incoming
9.7Mon 5:00 PM → Tue 12:00 AM
Last light on incoming water.
Last light · outgoing
8.7Mon 11:00 PM → Tue 6:00 AM
Last light on outgoing water.
First light · incoming
10.0Tue 6:00 AM → Tue 12:00 PM
First light on incoming water.
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 — NOAA 9759110 Magueyes Island did not answer).
- — Clear. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 9 mph ESE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waxing crescent moon — neap tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
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Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Thermal window
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In peak season for this water. 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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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
Thermal window
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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. Not why you booked Condado.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
Thermal window
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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 7 days. This is DNER water, not FWC. Do not paste a Jupiter snook closure onto Condado.