Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
Thermal window
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER bag and season. Do not apply an FWC closure map to this island.
Puerto Rico · San Juan / Condado
Tarpon are in the mix — the same harbor throats as they dump.
Urban tarpon. Condado Lagoon and San Juan Bay. Snook in the mangrove edges. The north coast drops to blue water in a hurry — sail and mahi are an offshore method, not this lagoon. NOAA 9755371 La Puntilla is the clock. DNER rules, not FWC.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2025-12-12, 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 · NOAA 9755371
- NDBC 41053 quiet
- Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
- Water temp quiet
Forecast
medium confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, December 12. Back to this morning
Morning line
San Juan 6.6 on Friday, December 12. 10 mph ESE. Overcast. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · 0.43 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 9755371 · San Juan, La Puntilla · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From ESE · gust 16
Buoy
NDBC 41053
Quiet
San Juan did not report. Witness only — not the tide clock.
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Overcast
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
52% lit
Last quarter
neap range · 52%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.2 ft
outgoing
0.43 ft MLLW
Coast
No live coast layer
Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.
Clock
NOAA 9755371
- LowFri 8:56 AM · 0.38
- HighFri 3:17 PM · 1.24
- LowFri 9:43 PM · 0.21
- HighSat 4:20 AM · 1.22
- LowSat 10:11 AM · 0.50
Monthly YOLO day
Tuesday, August 25
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~1.5 ft · wind to 15 mph · 40% 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.
- 6.7
Condado Lagoon
channel gut · public structure · mid
Urban tarpon water under the bridges. Not a bonefish flat. DNER rules.
- — channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
skiffkayakspinfly - 6.7
San Juan Bay
pass jetty · public structure · deep
The harbor. NOAA 9755371 sits on this water. Current, traffic, a tarpon that has seen a boat.
- — pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
skiffspinstructure
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.
Outgoing water
9.0Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 11:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.9Fri 10:00 AM → Fri 5:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Last light · outgoing
9.0Fri 5:00 PM → Fri 11:00 PM
Last light on outgoing water.
Last light · incoming
8.0Fri 11:00 PM → Sat 6:00 AM
Last light on incoming water.
First light · outgoing
9.0Sat 6:00 AM → Sat 12:00 PM
First light on outgoing water.
Launch and beach access
Cited village and harbor launches. DNER rules. Reserves are marked.
Condado / San Juan launches
DNER / Municipio de San Juan
Urban door into the lagoon and the bay. NOAA 9755371 is on this harbor.
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 outgoing from NOAA 9755371 San Juan, La Puntilla.
- — Overcast. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 10 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.
4.8
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Thermal window
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: treat as catch-and-release unless DNER says otherwise the morning you keep one.
Mangrove / gray snapper
Lutjanus griseus
Thermal window
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) 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 (outgoing) 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 (outgoing) 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.