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Puerto Rico · San Juan / Condado

Tarpon should be the day — 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 2026-04-24, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
  • ⚠ Rain is likely. A marsh still fishes. A soaker and lightning do not.
  • ⚠ Puerto Rico is DNER water, not FWC. Marine reserves (including Mosquito Bay) are not a freelance wade. Verify before you keep a fish.
6.4OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Friday, April 24. Back to this morning

Morning line

San Juan 6.4 on Friday, April 24. 15 mph ENE. Drizzle. YOLO day is Thursday, August 27. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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outgoing · 0.53 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 20

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Rain

Drizzle

Sight water goes blind. A marsh still fishes a shower.

Moon

49% lit

First quarter

neap range · 49%

Water

No gauge

Water

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48°92°

Today’s range 1.7 ft

outgoing

0.53 ft MLLW

Clock

NOAA 9755371

  • LowFri 9:48 AM · 0.34
  • HighFri 2:55 PM · 0.88
  • LowFri 8:55 PM · -0.05
  • HighSat 4:12 AM · 1.40
  • LowSat 10:37 AM · 0.30

Monthly YOLO day

Thursday, August 27 · 8.8

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. full · spring · tide range ~1.4 ft · wind to 17 mph · Rain · 40%

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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

    6.8

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

    • — channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
    • — In-play: Tarpon, Snook.
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  • San Juan Bay

    pass jetty · public structure · deep

    6.8

    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.
    • — In-play: Tarpon, Snook.
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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

    9.0

    Fri 8:00 AM → Fri 12:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    7.6

    Fri 11:00 AM → Fri 5:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    8.7

    Fri 4:00 PM → Fri 11:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    7.6

    Fri 10:00 PM → Sat 6:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.0

    Sat 5:00 AM → Sat 12:00 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.

  • 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.
  • — Drizzle. Marsh still fishes in a shower. A soaker is a different day.
  • — Wind 15 mph ENE. Work the leeward shore. Fly gets harder.
  • — First quarter moon — neap tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

8.4

Thermal window

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56°92°

In peak season for this water. 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

8.4

Thermal window

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68°94°

In peak season for this water. 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

6.6

Thermal window

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64°92°

Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

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64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Incidental. Not why you booked Condado.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

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66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) 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.