Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
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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.
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 2026-12-20, 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 Sunday, December 20. Back to this morning
Morning line
San Juan 6.7 on Sunday, December 20. 13 mph E. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · 1.33 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From E · gust 16
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Partly cloudy
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
85% lit
Waxing gibbous
mid range · 85%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.9 ft
outgoing
1.33 ft MLLW
Clock
NOAA 9755371
- LowSun 12:19 PM · 0.59
- HighSun 4:41 PM · 0.93
- LowSun 11:14 PM · -0.26
- HighMon 6:48 AM · 1.77
- LowMon 1:31 PM · 0.55
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 16 mph · Rain · 10%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 6.7
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.
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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.
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When
Outgoing water
9.4Sun 8:00 AM → Sun 2:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Sun 2:00 PM → Sun 6:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
7.4Sun 6:00 PM → Mon 1:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
7.4Mon 12:00 AM → Mon 9:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4Mon 8:00 AM → Mon 3:00 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.
- — Partly cloudy. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 13 mph E. Work the leeward shore. Fly gets harder.
- — Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
4.8
Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
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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
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER.
Great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda
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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
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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.