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.
Puerto Rico · Vieques / Culebra
Permit should be the day — wait for the next inch on the south side.
The Spanish Virgin Islands. More flat than San Juan — bones and permit on the east-island banks, tarpon in the harbors. Culebra is the next cay north; do not invent a secret number between them. NOAA 9752621 Isabel Segunda. Mosquito Bay is a reserve, not a freelance wade.
- ⚠ This brief is for 2026-07-17. 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 + moon
low confidence
Forecast brief for Friday, July 17. Back to this morning
Morning line
Vieques 7.4 on Friday, July 17 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
low slack · 0.37 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge
Wind
NWS
No wind reading
Sky
NWS
Sky not in
Sky not in
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
8% lit
Waxing crescent
mid range · 8%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.8 ft
low slack
0.37 ft modeled
Clock
NOAA 9752621
- HighFri 8:00 AM · 0.37
- LowFri 2:00 PM · -0.39
- HighFri 8:00 PM · 0.41
- LowSat 2:00 AM · -0.43
- HighSat 8:00 AM · 0.44
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Monday, August 31 · 9.7
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~0.9 ft · wind to 12 mph · Rain · 20%
Next two weeks
Pulling the 14-day strip…
Where
- 6.7
Isabel Segunda harbor
channel gut · public structure · mid
North-side town harbor. NOAA 9752621. Tarpon in the remaining water.
- — channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
- — In-play: Tarpon.
skiffspinkayak - 5.6
Esperanza banks
hard flat · public structure · skinny
South-side banks off the village. Named water. Not Mosquito Bay — that reserve is not a freelance wade.
- — hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Permit.
skiffwadeflyspin - 5.6
Culebra banks
hard flat · public structure · skinny
The next cay north. Same east-island fishery. Do not invent a number between the two.
- — hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Permit.
skiffflyspin
When
Outgoing water
8.5Fri 9:00 AM → Fri 3:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Fri 3:00 PM → Fri 10:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4Fri 9:00 PM → Sat 4:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Incoming water
9.4Sat 3:00 AM → Sat 10:00 AM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
7.1Sat 10:00 AM → Sat 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.
Esperanza / Vieques
DNER
South-side village. Mosquito Bay is a reserve — not this ramp’s job.
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 (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
- — Waxing crescent moon — mid tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.
7.3
Permit
Trachinotus falcatus
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In peak season for this water.
Puerto Rico: treat as catch-and-release. Verify DNER.
Hogfish
Lachnolaimus maximus
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In peak season for this water.
Puerto Rico: verify DNER. Reef, not Condado Lagoon.
Bonefish
Albula vulpes
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Off-season here.
Puerto Rico: treat as catch-and-release. East-island banks, not Condado Lagoon.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.
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.
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.