Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
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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.
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 2026-07-13, 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.
Forecast
medium confidence
Forecast brief for Monday, July 13. Back to this morning
Morning line
San Juan 8.6 on Monday, July 13. 5 mph SE. Clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · 0.82 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SE · gust 9
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clear
Clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
2% lit
Waning crescent
spring range · 2%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 2.4 ft
outgoing
0.82 ft MLLW
Clock
NOAA 9755371
- HighMon 6:41 AM · 0.92
- LowMon 1:12 PM · -0.40
- HighMon 8:50 PM · 2.01
- LowTue 3:31 AM · 0.53
- HighTue 7:48 AM · 0.97
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26 · 8.9
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~1.5 ft · wind to 17 mph · Rain · 33%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 8.4
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.
- — In-play: Tarpon, Snook.
skiffkayakspinfly - 8.4
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.
- — In-play: Tarpon, Snook.
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When
Outgoing water
9.1Mon 8:00 AM → Mon 3:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
10.0Mon 2:00 PM → Mon 11:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
10.0Mon 10:00 PM → Tue 5:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
10.0Tue 5:00 AM → Tue 10:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.1Tue 9:00 AM → Tue 4:00 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.
- — Clear. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 5 mph SE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waning crescent moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
8.4
Mangrove / gray snapper
Lutjanus griseus
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER.
Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
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Present, not peak. 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.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Incidental. Not why you booked Condado.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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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 8 days. This is DNER water, not FWC. Do not paste a Jupiter snook closure onto Condado.