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Puerto Rico This Weekend: Five Events and Dive at Guánica / Gilligan's Island

Published Sep 26, 2026 · 787 Daily · Original analysis

Saturday looks good for diving at Guánica / Gilligan’s Island — the pick of the weekend. Five events are on across the island this weekend, in Caguas, Mayagüez and Guayama. The sun is up at 6:14 AM and down at 6:18 PM.

Saturday belongs on the south coast: the forecast has Guánica / Gilligan’s Island as the best window of the weekend, calm seas and good viz likely for diving, with La Parguera and Ponce close behind. Surfers should hold off until Sunday, when Aguadilla / Crash Boat, Culebra / Flamenco Beach, Jobos & Shacks in Isabela and Piñones / Loíza all firm up into solid, good-rated swells — a nice reward for waiting out Saturday’s rain.

On land, Omar Courtz plays the Coliseo in San Juan both nights, while Saturday alone brings Los Terrícolas to Mayagüez, the Federative Water Polo League to Caguas and Loyalty NRA Women On Target in Guayama. There’s no patron-saint feast this weekend — that wait continues until Saint Michael the Archangel on September 29 — so let the towns fill the gap instead: wander Museo de la Historia de San German by day, then close it out over rice at Verde Mesa or a beer under the jukebox lights at El Batey in Old San Juan.

What’s on

Events listed for September 26 and September 27. A listing is not a guarantee — check with the venue before travelling.
DayWhatTownWhereTime
SaturdayDiasporican Abstraction: Identities Beyond Representation—Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico (MAC)—
SaturdayFederative Water Polo LeagueCaguasCaguas Aquatic Complex—
SaturdayLos Terrícolas concertMayagüezPalacio de Recreación y Deportes in Mayagüez—
SaturdayLoyalty NRA Women On TargetGuayamaGuayama Shooting Range—
SaturdayOmar CourtzSan JuanColiseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot, San Juan8:30 PM
SundayOmar CourtzSan JuanColiseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot, San Juan8:30 PM

The weekend weather

Open-Meteo's daily forecast for each town's centre: the sky, the day's high and the chance of rain. A forecast two days out.
TownSaturdaySunday
San JuanDrizzle87°F 30% rainThunderstorm86°F 74% rain
AreciboDrizzle88°F 80% rainThunderstorm88°F 100% rain
MayagüezDrizzle89°F 99% rainThunderstorm88°F 100% rain
PonceDrizzle87°F 53% rainThunderstorm87°F 86% rain
FajardoDrizzle88°F 29% rainThunderstorm86°F 98% rain

On the water

SaturdaySunday Aguadilla / Crash BoatSurfSaturday — Aguadilla / Crash Boat, surf: Fair — 3.5 ft @ 11s swell, light offshore windFairSunday — Aguadilla / Crash Boat, surf: Good — 4.3 ft @ 12s swell, light offshore windGood Culebra / Flamenco BeachSurfSaturday — Culebra / Flamenco Beach, surf: Fair — 2.8 ft @ 8s swell, moderate cross-shore windFairSunday — Culebra / Flamenco Beach, surf: Good — 4.2 ft @ 8s swell, moderate cross-shore windGood Guánica / Gilligan's IslandDiveSaturday — Guánica / Gilligan's Island, dive: Good — 1.8 ft seas, good viz likelyGoodSunday — Guánica / Gilligan's Island, dive: Fair — 2.4 ft seasFair Jobos & Shacks, IsabelaSurfSaturday — Jobos & Shacks, Isabela, surf: Fair — 3.5 ft @ 11s swell, light cross-shore windFairSunday — Jobos & Shacks, Isabela, surf: Good — 4.3 ft @ 12s swell, light cross-shore windGood La PargueraDiveSaturday — La Parguera, dive: Good — 1.9 ft seas, good viz likelyGoodSunday — La Parguera, dive: Fair — 2.4 ft seasFair Piñones / LoízaSurfSaturday — Piñones / Loíza, surf: Fair — 3.5 ft @ 11s swell, moderate cross-shore windFairSunday — Piñones / Loíza, surf: Good — 4.1 ft @ 11s swell, moderate cross-shore windGood PonceDiveSaturday — Ponce, dive: Good — 1.8 ft seas, good viz likelyGoodSunday — Ponce, dive: Fair — 2.4 ft seasFair spot & activity
Open-Meteo's marine and wind forecast for each spot's own coordinates, scored exactly as the conditions page scores a live reading — so a colour here means what the same colour means there. A forecast two days out, not a reading from the water; on this grid Sunday is the better of the two days.
Open-Meteo daily marine and wind forecasts for each spot's own coordinates. A FORECAST, two days out — not a reading from the water.
DaySpotForOutlookWhy
SaturdayGuánica / Gilligan's IslandDiveGood — Calm1.8 ft seas, good viz likely
SaturdayLa PargueraDiveGood — Calm1.9 ft seas, good viz likely
SaturdayPonceDiveGood — Calm1.8 ft seas, good viz likely
SaturdayAguadilla / Crash BoatSurfFair — Good3.5 ft @ 11s swell, light offshore wind
SaturdayCulebra / Flamenco BeachSurfFair — Good2.8 ft @ 8s swell, moderate cross-shore wind
SaturdayJobos & Shacks, IsabelaSurfFair — Good3.5 ft @ 11s swell, light cross-shore wind
SaturdayPiñones / LoízaSurfFair — Good3.5 ft @ 11s swell, moderate cross-shore wind
SundayAguadilla / Crash BoatSurfGood — Solid4.3 ft @ 12s swell, light offshore wind
SundayCulebra / Flamenco BeachSurfGood — Solid4.2 ft @ 8s swell, moderate cross-shore wind
SundayJobos & Shacks, IsabelaSurfGood — Solid4.3 ft @ 12s swell, light cross-shore wind
SundayPiñones / LoízaSurfGood — Solid4.1 ft @ 11s swell, moderate cross-shore wind
SundayGuánica / Gilligan's IslandDiveFair2.4 ft seas
SundayLa PargueraDiveFair2.4 ft seas
SundayPonceDiveFair2.4 ft seas

Where to go

One in-season place of each kind, rotated each week.

Fiestas

No patron-saint feast day falls this weekend. The next is Saint Michael the Archangel on September 29, kept in Cabo Rojo, Naranjito and Utuado.

The same weekend, with every event and every scored spot, is on the weekend page.

This is the 3rd Weekend Watch (the previous one is here).

Sources: events from 787 Daily’s own reporting and Ticketmaster’s public listings; the patron-saint calendar; the Saturday and Sunday outlook from Open-Meteo’s marine and wind forecasts, scored the same way the conditions pages score them; sunrise and sunset computed for San Juan.