Saturday looks good for diving at Mayagüez, the pick of the weekend. Seven events are on across the island this weekend, in San Juan and Arecibo. The sun is up at 6:19 AM and down at 6:01 PM.
The best thing on the calendar is the World Surf League qualifying stop at La Marginal beach in Arecibo, running both Saturday and Sunday, and it is worth building a day around. Arecibo is forecast for thunderstorms both days, so treat it as a competition to watch with one eye on the sky. If the weather turns you toward San Juan, Drácula is on in the Sala de Drama at the Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré both days, and El Duelo de La Sociedad Grand Final takes over the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña in Old San Juan on Sunday.
On the water, this is a calm, diving-friendly weekend, and the conditions here are a forecast for Saturday and Sunday, not a reading from the sea. The best window is diving at Mayagüez on Saturday, with 1.6 ft seas and clear water likely, and Sunday brings several more calm dive windows, including Caja de Muertos and Guánica. Showers and drizzle are in the forecast almost everywhere, and Guánica is under a thunderstorm forecast on Sunday, so keep your plans loose. If you would rather wander, Río Camuy Cave Park in Camuy and the Museo Tecnológico BONUS in Rincón are good rain-friendly bets, with Tavola & Vendetta in Guaynabo for dinner and La Penúltima in Santurce for a well-made cocktail afterward.
What’s on
| Day (The day of the weekend the event falls on) | What | Town | Where (The venue as the listing gives it) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | BSNF All-Star Game | — | Coliseo Dolores 'Toyita' Martínez |
| Saturday | Drácula | San Juan | Sala de Drama del Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré |
| Saturday | Encuentro: no hay que esperar a que las piezas estén completas | San Juan | Galería Delta de Picó |
| Saturday | PAN Service Days | San Juan | Coliseíto Pedrín Zorrilla |
| Saturday | Special Session for PAN Appointments | — | Pedrín Zorrilla Coliseum |
| Saturday | World Surf League qualifying stop | Arecibo | La Marginal beach |
| Sunday | Drácula | San Juan | Sala de Drama del Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré |
| Sunday | El Duelo de La Sociedad Grand Final | San Juan | Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña in Old San Juan |
| Sunday | Encuentro: no hay que esperar a que las piezas estén completas | San Juan | Galería Delta de Picó |
| Sunday | PAN Service Days | San Juan | Coliseíto Pedrín Zorrilla |
| Sunday | World Surf League qualifying stop | Arecibo | La Marginal beach |
The weekend weather
| Town (One town for each stretch of the island) | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| San Juan | Drizzle85°F 40% rain | Drizzle85°F 67% rain |
| Arecibo | Thunderstorm87°F 90% rain | Thunderstorm87°F 90% rain |
| Mayagüez | Showers87°F 100% rain | Drizzle86°F 100% rain |
| Ponce | Drizzle87°F 71% rain | Drizzle86°F 98% rain |
| Fajardo | Drizzle85°F 79% rain | Thunderstorm86°F 68% rain |
On the water
| Day (The day of the weekend the forecast is for) | Spot | For (The activity the spot is scored for) | Why (The wave height, period or wind speed behind the grid's verdict) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | Mayagüez | Dive | 1.6 ft seas, clear water likely |
| Saturday | Punta Las Marías | Kite | 15 kt E wind |
| Saturday | Aguadilla / Crash Boat | Surf | 2.9 ft, 10-second swell, light offshore wind |
| Saturday | Cabo Rojo / Buyé–El Combate | Dive | 2.4 ft seas |
| Saturday | Caja de Muertos | Dive | 2.8 ft seas |
| Saturday | Guánica / Gilligan's Island | Dive | 2.4 ft seas |
| Saturday | Humacao / Palmas del Mar | Dive | 2.6 ft seas |
| Sunday | Cabo Rojo / Buyé–El Combate | Dive | 1.8 ft seas, clear water likely |
| Sunday | Caja de Muertos | Dive | 2 ft seas, clear water likely |
| Sunday | Guánica / Gilligan's Island | Dive | 1.7 ft seas, clear water likely |
| Sunday | Humacao / Palmas del Mar | Dive | 1.9 ft seas, clear water likely |
| Sunday | Mayagüez | Dive | 1.4 ft seas, clear water likely |
| Sunday | Aguadilla / Crash Boat | Surf | 2.8 ft, 10-second swell, light offshore wind |
| Sunday | Punta Las Marías | Kite | 13 kt ESE wind |
Where to go
- Beaches & Chill: Playa Domes, Rincón
- On the Water: La Parguera, Lajas
- Outdoors & Adventure: Río Camuy Cave Park, Camuy
- Culture & Events: Museo Tecnológico BONUS Dr. Modesto Iriarte, Rincón
- Eat & Drink: Tavola & Vendetta, Guaynabo
- Nightlife & Music: La Penúltima, Santurce, San Juan
One in-season place of each kind, rotated each week.
Fiestas
No patron-saint feast day falls this weekend. The next is Saint Raphael Archangel on October 24, kept in Quebradillas.
The same weekend, with every event and every scored spot, is on the weekend page.
This is the 5th Weekend Watch (the previous one is here).
Sources: events from 787daily’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.