Snook
Centropomus undecimalis
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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.
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 2027-04-20. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.
- ⚠ Puerto Rico is DNER water, not FWC. Marine reserves (including Mosquito Bay) are not a freelance wade. Verify before you keep a fish.
- Tide · modeled — NOAA 9755371 quiet
- NDBC 41053 quiet
- Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
- Water temp quiet
Tide + moon
low confidence
Forecast brief for Tuesday, April 20. Back to this morning
Morning line
San Juan 8.7 on Tuesday, April 20 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · -0.26 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
NWS
No wind reading
Buoy
NDBC 41053
Quiet
San Juan did not report. Witness only — not the tide clock.
Sky
NWS
Sky not in
Sky not in
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
99% lit
Full
spring range · 99%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.7 ft
outgoing
-0.26 ft modeled
Coast
No live coast layer
Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.
Clock
NOAA 9755371
- HighTue 3:00 AM · 0.36
- LowTue 9:00 AM · -0.34
- HighTue 4:00 PM · 0.33
- LowTue 10:00 PM · -0.33
- HighWed 4:00 AM · 0.31
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Tuesday, August 25
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~1.5 ft · wind to 15 mph · 40% chance of rain
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.
- 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.
skiffspinstructure
When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. 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
9.4Tue 8:00 AM → Tue 11:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
8.0Tue 11:00 AM → Tue 5:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Last light · outgoing
9.1Tue 5:00 PM → Wed 12:00 AM
Last light on outgoing water.
Last light · incoming
8.0Tue 11:00 PM → Wed 6:00 AM
Last light on incoming water.
First light · outgoing
9.4Wed 6:00 AM → Wed 12:00 PM
First light on outgoing water.
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 (modeled — NOAA 9755371 San Juan, La Puntilla did not answer).
- — Full moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
8.4
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.
Mangrove / gray snapper
Lutjanus griseus
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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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. 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 7 days. This is DNER water, not FWC. Do not paste a Jupiter snook closure onto Condado.