Weather & Fishing Conditions
Weather, tide, wind, sun, moon and sea-state information in one clear fishing dashboard.
Water temp, water color, currents, live buoys, hurricanes, radar & NOAA charts on one map ā
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CHOOSE YOUR FISHING AREA
LOCATION
AT-A-GLANCE
FISHING QUICK LOOK
The most important fishing conditions in one place. Full details are shown below on this same page.
NWS FORECAST
FORECAST
Near-term National Weather Service forecast for the selected fishing area.
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LIVE NOAA / NWS DATA
WEATHER
- Current temperature
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- Feels-like temperature
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- Weather conditions
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- Rain probability
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- Visibility
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- Humidity
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- Thunderstorm risk
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LIVE NOAA / NWS DATA
WIND
Wind direction and speed provide context for exposure, drift, casting angles, and whether conditions suit the chosen method.
- Wind speed
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- Wind gusts
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LIVE NOAA / NWS DATA
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
Anglers commonly use pressure trends as context alongside wind, clouds, tides, and water movement. A trend is not a promise of fish activity.
- Current pressure
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- Trend: rising, falling, or steady
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TIDES
- Current tide status
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- High tide times
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- Low tide times
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- Rising or falling tide
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- Tide height
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- Time until next tide
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LIVE NOAA / NWS DATA
OCEAN / WAVES
Marine observations may come from the nearest verified regional NOAA buoy. Always check the source station and freshness; stale telemetry is labeled.
- Wave height
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- Swell height
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- Swell direction
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- Wave period
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- Secondary swell if available
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- Sea state
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- Water temperature
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LIVE NOAA / NWS DATA
CURRENTS
Current direction and speed appear only where a live NOAA ADCP current station is explicitly mapped. Tide predictions are never substituted for ocean-current speed.
- Current direction
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- Current speed if available
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CONDITIONS SUMMARY
FISHING OUTLOOK
Category-specific planning guidance built from the official data already shown on this page. It is not a safety clearance; official NWS/NOAA alerts always take priority.
Shore fishing
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Kayak / small boat
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How this works: official alerts override the outlook. Otherwise each card interprets available wind, gusts, waves, wave period, rain/thunderstorm wording and tide using conservative planning thresholds. These are BigJoe planning rules, not official vessel operating limits; your boat, kayak, skill level and exact shoreline may require stricter limits.
SAFETY FIRST
WEATHER & MARINE SAFETY
Checking active NWS alerts, surf-zone risk and available NOAA marine observationsā¦
- Small Craft Advisories
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Important: āNo matching alertā only means the selected NWS point-alert feed has no matching active alert. Rip-current risk and surf height use the NWS Surf Zone Forecast when available; sea observations use NOAA NDBC. Never treat a missing alert as proof that conditions are safe.
U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY / CALCULATED
MOON
Moonrise and moonset prefer official U.S. Naval Observatory astronomy. Major and minor periods are calculated solunar planning windows, not a guarantee of fish activity.
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- Moon illumination
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- Moonrise
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- Moon set
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- Major feeding period
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- Minor feeding period
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SUNRISE & SUNSET
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LIVE PUERTO RICO WEATHER IMAGERY
RADAR & SATELLITE
Official TJUA Doppler radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery load independently from the numeric Weather feeds. If an image provider is temporarily unavailable, the official-source link remains available.
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NOAA / NWS METAR OBSERVATION
LAND / INLAND OBSERVATION
The nearest mapped Puerto Rico airport observation adds inland and land-side context. It is an observed airport reading, not a substitute for conditions on the water.
- Land temperature
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- Dew point
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- Land wind
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- Land pressure
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NOAA NDBC OPEN-OCEAN OBSERVATION
FAR-OFFSHORE BUOY
Where mapped, an NDBC open-ocean buoy adds regional offshore context: 41043 in the Atlantic about 170 nautical miles north-northeast of San Juan for north and east coast areas, or 42060 in the Caribbean about 200 nautical miles southeast of Puerto Rico for south and west coast areas. These readings are regional offshore conditions and must not be treated as shoreline conditions.
- Offshore wind
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- Offshore gusts
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- Offshore wind direction
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- Offshore wave height
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- Offshore wave period
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- Offshore swell height
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- Offshore swell direction
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- Offshore water temperature
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- Offshore pressure
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- Offshore sea state
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SPECIES CONNECTION
SPECIES CONDITIONS
Use the selected location conditions with the species library. Species-specific weather claims remain evidence-gated; unsupported claims are not invented.
Choose a species guideWeather, tides and marine safety use official NOAA/NWS sources where mapped; sun and moon data prefer U.S. Naval Observatory astronomy with a local calculated fallback. Station coverage varies by fishing area. Always follow active marine alerts and local regulations before every trip.