On This Water

Puerto Rico · San Juan / Condado

Tarpon are in the mix — 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 2026-12-06, 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.
6.0OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Sunday, December 6. Back to this morning

Morning line

San Juan 6.0 on Sunday, December 6. 13 mph E. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Thursday, August 27. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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-0.40.20.81.42.1HLHLHLHLSat 8 PMSun 8 PMMon 8 PMTue 8 PMWed 8 PM
low slack · 1.69 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW13MPH

From E · gust 16

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Partly cloudy

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

Moon

10% lit

Waning crescent

mid range · 10%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 1.8 ft

low slack

1.69 ft MLLW

Clock

NOAA 9755371

  • HighSun 7:33 AM · 1.71
  • LowSun 2:20 PM · 0.55
  • HighSun 6:26 PM · 0.87
  • LowMon 12:46 AM · -0.09
  • HighMon 8:18 AM · 1.74

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

  • Condado Lagoon

    channel gut · public structure · mid

    5.7

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

    • channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
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  • San Juan Bay

    pass jetty · public structure · deep

    5.2

    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.
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When

  • Outgoing water

    9.4

    Sun 9:00 AMSun 4:00 PM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Sun 4:00 PMSun 8:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    7.4

    Sun 8:00 PMMon 3:00 AM

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

  • Incoming water

    7.4

    Mon 2:00 AMMon 10:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.4

    Mon 10:00 AMMon 5:00 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 low slack from NOAA.
  • Partly cloudy. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 13 mph E. Work the leeward shore. Fly gets harder.
  • Waning crescent moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Snook

Centropomus undecimalis

3.7

Thermal window

56°92°

Off-season here.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER bag and season. Do not apply an FWC closure map to this island.

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

3.7

Thermal window

68°94°

Off-season here.

Puerto Rico: treat as catch-and-release unless DNER says otherwise the morning you keep one.

Mangrove / gray snapper

Lutjanus griseus

3.7

Thermal window

64°92°

Off-season here.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.5

Thermal window

66°92°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak.

Incidental. Ciguatera. Not a Condado headline.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

3.7

Thermal window

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here.

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.