On This Water

Puerto Rico · Vieques / Culebra

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

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 2026-11-11. 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.
8.1OF 10

Tide + moon

low confidence

Forecast brief for Wednesday, November 11. Back to this morning

Morning line

Vieques 8.1 on Wednesday, November 11 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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-0.7-0.40.00.40.7HLHLHLHLWed 8 AMThu 8 AMFri 8 AMSat 8 AM
outgoing · 0.20 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

NWS

NESWMPH

No wind reading

Sky

NWS

Sky not in

Sky not in

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

Moon

3% lit

Waxing crescent

spring range · 3%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 0.7 ft

outgoing

0.20 ft modeled

Clock

NOAA 9752621

  • HighWed 6:00 AM · 0.31
  • LowWed 1:00 PM · -0.32
  • HighWed 7:00 PM · 0.34
  • LowThu 1:00 AM · -0.35
  • HighThu 7:00 AM · 0.36

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 · 30%

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • Esperanza banks

    hard flat · public structure · skinny

    7.0

    South-side banks off the village. Named water. Not Mosquito Bay — that reserve is not a freelance wade.

    • hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
    • In-play: Bonefish.
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  • Isabel Segunda harbor

    channel gut · public structure · mid

    7.0

    North-side town harbor. NOAA 9752621. Tarpon in the remaining water.

    • channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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  • Culebra banks

    hard flat · public structure · skinny

    7.0

    The next cay north. Same east-island fishery. Do not invent a number between the two.

    • hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
    • In-play: Bonefish.
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When

  • Outgoing water

    9.4

    Wed 8:00 AMWed 2:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.1

    Wed 2:00 PMWed 9:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    8.0

    Wed 8:00 PMThu 3:00 AM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.4

    Thu 2:00 AMThu 9:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.4

    Thu 9:00 AMThu 3:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

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 outgoing (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
  • Waxing crescent moon — spring tide range. Sight water often prefers a moderate range and clean water over a huge spring.

Bonefish

Albula vulpes

8.4

Thermal window

64°92°

In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Puerto Rico: treat as catch-and-release. East-island banks, not Condado Lagoon.

Hogfish

Lachnolaimus maximus

6.6

Thermal window

66°90°

Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Puerto Rico: verify DNER. Reef, not Condado Lagoon.

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

4.8

Thermal window

68°94°

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.

Permit

Trachinotus falcatus

4.8

Thermal window

66°92°

Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.

Puerto Rico: treat as catch-and-release. Verify DNER.

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

5.8

Thermal window

66°92°

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

4.8

Thermal window

64°94°

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.