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Fajardo, PR Daily Water Report — August 23, 2026

Fajardo’s water is a diver’s day, not a sailor’s, and the rest of the roster is playable if you treat the drizzle as atmosphere rather than a veto. Diving leads at 8.7 out of 10 on light easterly breeze, modest seas, and water near 29 C—marine SST 29.6 C, a tenth of a degree above average. Fishing holds 7.4, wildlife 7.1, and boating 6.9. Surfing and kayaking sit in the mid-sixes. Sailing scrapes a 5. Current conditions show about 3 knots from the east, gusting near 7, with the day’s wind ranging 2.4 to 9.3 knots and a 21-knot gust flagged at 10:00. That is thin fuel for sails: the sailing score leans on wind, consistency, waves, and the 74 percent cloud cover. Air sits near 24.8 C and feels like 30.3 in 96 percent humidity, with the day spanning 24.5 to 30.1 C. A rain window runs 03:00 to 23:00, but the representative amount is only 0.1 mm—more mist than soak—under weather code 51 and a UV index of 0. Pressure is steady around 1016 hPa. Atmospheric visibility is about 8.8 km; that is not underwater clarity. The marine forecast keeps waves in a tight 0.8–0.9 m band, around 0.86 m at 4.85 seconds, with east swell near 0.82 m at a short 3.9 seconds and almost no wind sea. Calmest water is near midnight at 0.82 m. A 1.3 m/s current setting toward 344 degrees is the real tax on small craft; kayaking’s 6.4 already folds in wind, waves, current, and that all-day precip. Surfing’s 6.6 is the modest height, short period, easterly swell baseline, and light wind talking: texture, not punch. Solunar majors run 15:24–17:24 and 03:24–05:24, with minors at 09:54–10:54 and 21:54–22:54; fishing and wildlife lean on those windows plus quiet wind and stable pressure. Tide data are out, so there is no tidal clock to work. Yesterday diving was essentially unchanged at 8.8, but fishing sat at 8.2 and sailing at 7.3 in a breezier 8.2-knot, warmer 27.2 C setup; kayaking has improved from 5.4. The waxing gibbous moon, 76 percent lit, rises at 11:40 and sets at 21:56. Ahead, rain chances stay high—83 percent Monday, 100 percent Tuesday—while peak winds hover 8.5 to 9.9 knots and waves slowly build toward a meter-plus by midweek. Best bet: take the afternoon solunar window for a dive in that warm, lightly ruffled water, and leave the sails in the bag.