Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
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In peak season for this water.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER bag and season. Do not apply an FWC closure map to this island.
Puerto Rico · San Juan / Condado
Tarpon should be the day — hold for the next push through the lagoon.
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 2026-04-30, 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.
Forecast
medium confidence
Forecast brief for Thursday, April 30. Back to this morning
Morning line
San Juan 5.9 on Thursday, April 30. 15 mph ENE. Drizzle. YOLO day is Thursday, August 27. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
low slack · 0.84 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 9755371 · San Juan, La Puntilla · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From ENE · gust 19
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Rain
Drizzle
Sight water goes blind. A marsh still fishes a shower.
Moon
98% lit
Waxing gibbous
spring range · 98%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.6 ft
low slack
0.84 ft MLLW
Clock
NOAA 9755371
- HighThu 7:41 AM · 0.84
- LowThu 1:44 PM · -0.09
- HighThu 8:49 PM · 1.55
- LowFri 3:33 AM · 0.28
- HighFri 8:16 AM · 0.77
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%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 6.0
Condado Lagoon
channel gut · public structure · mid
Urban tarpon water under the bridges. Not a bonefish flat. DNER rules.
- — channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Tarpon, Snook.
skiffkayakspinfly - 5.5
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 low slack tide is a secondary 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
9.0Thu 9:00 AM → Thu 4:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.7Thu 3:00 PM → Thu 11:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
7.6Thu 10:00 PM → Fri 5:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.0Fri 5:00 AM → Fri 10:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.0Fri 10:00 AM → Fri 4:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
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 low slack 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.
- — Waxing gibbous moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
7.3
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
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In peak season for this water.
Puerto Rico: treat as catch-and-release unless DNER says otherwise the morning you keep one.
Mangrove / gray snapper
Lutjanus griseus
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Present, not peak.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.
Incidental. Ciguatera. Not a Condado headline.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak.
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.