Coastal conditions

Mayagüez

Harbor · Puerto Rico · Puerto Rico / Mayagüez

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Active coastal or marine alerts

Heat Advisory
Severity: Moderate
Heat Advisory issued September 5 at 2:19AM AST until September 5 at 5:00PM AST by NWS San Juan PR
Begins Sep 5, 2026, 10:00 AM · Ends Sep 5, 2026, 5:00 PM
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action w…
Official NWS alert

Current Coastal Rating

Fair · 56

Beta

Conditions are mixed. Review the details below before heading out.

Scores are model-specific and are not directly comparable across water types.

Should I Go?

Consider

Trip conditions may be workable, but important cautions or data limitations remain.

High confidence in the evaluated inputs — observational coverage is partial. — Required data sources were available and the key inputs were current.

Evaluates trip conditions using weather, tides, currents, waves, daylight, and active alerts.

Policy PR_PATH2_PROVISIONAL_POLICY_V1. Authority NATIONAL_NWS_ISSUANCE_FLOORS_SHARED_EVALUATOR.
Provisional conservative non-empirical Puerto Rico product-policy. Not accepted Caribbean fishing thresholds. Not PATH1. Not calibrated V1 science.
NWS national SCA / Gale issuance floors are safety anchors, not optimal fishing cuts.
Does not inherit Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Gulf, PSW, PNW, or Hawaii numerics or weights.
empiricalCalibratedFishingThresholds=false. puertoRicoSpecificWeights=false. productionThresholdsAuthorized=false. path1Authorized=false.
Missing waves are not calm. Forecast is not an observation. Prediction is not an observation.
Current axis is UNSUPPORTED. Null current is not slack or zero. Tide is not current.
Verdict capped at Consider while calibration remains incomplete. Adverse Wait / Do Not Go / Unavailable are not weakened.
Open-coast or too-remote wave is supporting/context only and is not inner-water scoring truth.

About this recommendation

Uses StrikeTracks coastal policy 2026-07.

Recommended window

Saturday · 6:00 AM–9:00 AM AST

Window score

Max wind: 3 mph
Max gust: 7 mph
Daylight: 67% of window
Tide state: falling

Why

Tide timing is within the preferred trip-condition range for this destination.

Current Readings

Updated Sep 5, 2026, 3:49 AM

Source

NOAA CO-OPS
Mayaguez station
0.0 mi from destination

Water level: 1.4 ft MLLW

Past 7 Days

Water level

Window Aug 29, 2026, 3:49 AM – Sep 5, 2026, 3:49 AM (rolling 168 hours)

Readings increased over the available period.

1679 observations · from Aug 29, 2026, 3:54 AM · to Sep 5, 2026, 3:42 AM

NOAA CO-OPS · Mayaguez · Station 9759394
Station at destination
Approximately 0.0 mi from destination
Observation type: observed
Unit: ft
Datum: MLLW

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Predicted Tides

Predicted

Falling

Next low tide

Sep 5, 2026, 8:32 AM

In 4 hr 42 min

0.1 ft MLLW

High · Sep 5, 2026, 2:13 AM · 1.0 ft MLLW

Following

High · Sep 5, 2026, 3:55 PM · 1.5 ft MLLW

Tide station at destination

Mayaguez · NOAA 9759394

Predicted Tidal Current

Predicted

No representative tidal-current prediction station is configured for this destination.

Tidal-current timing can differ from high and low tide timing.

Fishery Profile

Fishery Overview

Mayagüez Harbor and west nearshore / Mona-context fishery

Mayagüez Harbor plus west nearshore pelagic and reef context toward Mona Passage. This is not Rincón exposed shore and not Crashboat.

Fishery type: Harbor west nearshore
Fishing modes: Inshore boat
Shore
Habitat and structure: Mayagüez Harbor · West nearshore dropoff · Mona Passage pelagic context

Static seasonal guidance · Last reviewed Sep 3, 2026

Not a live bite forecast.

Fishery Targets

Mahi-mahi, wahoo, and blue marlin are documented pelagic overlays; destination month timing is not encoded on this harbor pin. Yellowtail snapper is year-round biological context. Exact legal seasons are not invented.

Species images are AI-generated illustrations for visual reference and may simplify natural variation. Fishery records are based on the cited agency and editorial sources. About fish illustrations

Mahi-mahi
Primary
Coryphaena hippurus
Also called Dorado
No seasonal pulse known
West nearshore pelagic. Occurrence is documented; destination month timing is not encoded as a legal season.
Wahoo
Primary
Acanthocybium solandri
Also called Ono
No seasonal pulse known
West / Mona-context pelagic. Occurrence is documented; destination month timing is not encoded as a legal season.
Yellowfin tuna
Primary
Thunnus albacares
Also called Ahi
No seasonal pulse known
West nearshore pelagic overlay. Year-round occurrence; destination month timing is not encoded as a legal season.
Blue marlin
Secondary
Makaira nigricans
Also called Kajiki
No seasonal pulse known
Mona-context billfish overlay. Occurrence is documented; destination month timing is not encoded as a legal season.
Yellowtail snapper
Secondary
Ocyurus chrysurus
Also called colirrubia
No seasonal pulse known
Harbor and nearshore reef. Year-round biological availability; legal closures are not biological cards.

Profile guidance — exact seasonal timing is not available for every target.

Access, Safety and Regulations

Access

Public harbor access. Confirm current DNER and federal Caribbean rules.

Primary hazards

Harbor traffic, heat, and west-coast swell. Missing waves are not calm.

Fishery considerations

Tide is NOAA 9759394 Mayagüez, at-location. Current is unsupported.
NWS point forecast.

Regulations

Size limits, seasons, and possession rules change. Verify the current official regulations before fishing.

View current recreational saltwater regulations

Fishery Sources

Editorial and agency sources supporting this fishery profile. Live and predicted conditions use the separate Data Sources section.

NOAA Fisheries Caribbean region (opens in a new tab)
NOAA Fisheries
NDBC 41115 Rincon (opens in a new tab)
NDBC

Location and Access

Cataloged coastal fishing destination

Harbor · Puerto Rico

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The map marker represents the cataloged waterbody or monitoring location and may not indicate legal parking or public access. Confirm access through the official information before visiting.

Data Sources

NOAA CO-OPS · Mayaguez · Station 9759394
Tide predictions, water level
Tide station at destination
NDBC · Rincon, PR · Station 41115
Regional marine observations
Nearby marine station · 13 mi from destination
National Weather Service · Active alerts
Coastal and marine hazard alerts

Planning limitation

Coastal conditions can vary over short distances. Predictions and remote observations are planning information, not guarantees of access or safety.

Pin is Mayagüez Harbor plus west nearshore / Mona context. This is not Rincón exposed shore and not Crashboat / Aguadilla.
Current axis is UNSUPPORTED. Missing current is not slack or zero. Do not infer current from tide.
Missing waves are not calm. Forecast/prediction is not observation.
Customer Current Coastal Rating publishes only when CARIBBEAN_PUERTO_RICO_COASTAL_RATING_BETA_ENABLED is true. Then it is PUBLIC_BETA_CALIBRATING and capped at Consider. Default-off remains fail-closed unavailable. CARIBBEAN_PUERTO_RICO_V1 is a candidate only. PATH1 remains unauthorized. Coastal Estimated is unauthorized. Physical readings are not a calibrated empirical rating.