On This Water

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 2026-02-08, 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.
6.7OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Sunday, February 8. Back to this morning

Morning line

San Juan 6.7 on Sunday, February 8. 15 mph ENE. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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outgoing · 0.39 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 9755371 · San Juan, La Puntilla · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW15MPH

From ENE · gust 21

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Partly cloudy

A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.

Moon

63% lit

Waning gibbous

neap range · 63%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 1.3 ft

outgoing

0.39 ft MLLW

Clock

NOAA 9755371

  • LowSun 8:12 AM · 0.39
  • HighSun 1:06 PM · 0.81
  • LowSun 7:39 PM · -0.08
  • HighMon 3:01 AM · 1.21
  • LowMon 9:18 AM · 0.48

Monthly YOLO day

Monday, August 31 · 8.5

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~1.0 ft · wind to 14 mph · Rain · 10%

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

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

  • Condado Lagoon

    channel gut · public structure · mid

    6.7

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

    • channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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  • San Juan Bay

    pass jetty · public structure · deep

    6.7

    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.
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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

    9.4

    Sun 8:00 AMSun 10:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Sun 10:00 AMSun 3:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.1

    Sun 2:00 PMSun 9:00 PM

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

  • Incoming water

    8.0

    Sun 9:00 PMMon 5:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.4

    Mon 4:00 AMMon 11:00 AM

    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.

  • 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.
  • Partly cloudy. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 15 mph ENE. Work the leeward shore. Fly gets harder.
  • Waning gibbous moon — neap tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

4.8

Thermal window

56°92°

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.

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

4.8

Thermal window

68°94°

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

4.8

Thermal window

64°92°

Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

66°92°

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

4.8

Thermal window

64°94°

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.