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Puerto Rico · San Juan / Condado

Tarpon are in the mix — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

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 2025-12-19, 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
6.5OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Friday, December 19. Back to this morning

Morning line

San Juan 6.5 on Friday, December 19. 10 mph ESE. Overcast. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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incoming · 1.57 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 9755371 · San Juan, La Puntilla · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW10MPH

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

0% lit

New

spring range · 0%

Water

No gauge

Water

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48°92°

Today’s range 1.8 ft

incoming

1.57 ft MLLW

Coast

No live coast layer

Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.

Clock

NOAA 9755371

  • HighFri 9:07 AM · 1.66
  • LowFri 4:08 PM · 0.53
  • HighFri 7:47 PM · 0.74
  • LowSat 2:07 AM · -0.14
  • HighSat 9:47 AM · 1.67

Monthly YOLO day

Wednesday, August 26

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~1.5 ft · wind to 18 mph · Rain · 33%

Stay or drive · San Juan vs ViequesOpen the calendarMorning dispatch

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.

  • San Juan Bay

    pass jetty · public structure · deep

    6.5

    The harbor. NOAA 9755371 sits on this water. Current, traffic, a tarpon that has seen a boat.

    • — pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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  • Condado Lagoon

    channel gut · public structure · mid

    5.9

    Urban tarpon water under the bridges. Not a bonefish flat. DNER rules.

    • — channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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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

    9.0

    Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 11:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.9

    Fri 10:00 AM → Fri 6:00 PM

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

  • Last light · incoming

    8.0

    Fri 6:00 PM → Fri 9:00 PM

    Last light on incoming water.

  • Last light · outgoing

    8.0

    Fri 9:00 PM → Sat 4:00 AM

    Last light on outgoing water.

  • First light · incoming

    9.0

    Sat 3:00 AM → Sat 12:00 PM

    First light on incoming 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 incoming 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.
  • — New moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

4.8

Thermal window

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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

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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.

Mangrove / gray snapper

Lutjanus griseus

4.8

Thermal window

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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

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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

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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.