Saturday looks good for surfing at Culebra / Flamenco Beach, the pick of the weekend. Twenty events are on across the island this weekend, in San Juan, Carolina, Humacao and six more towns. The sun is up at 6:30 AM and down at 5:47 PM.
If you’re picking one thing to do on Saturday, make it Joyuda in Cabo Rojo, where the Traditional Lobster Festival runs along PR-102 and the whole waterfront turns into one long lunch. In San Juan, the Feria de Sevilla Puerto Rico takes over the Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española in Old San Juan, and Spelling Bee: La Comedia Musical plays at the Centro de Bellas Artes de Santurce if you want an evening indoors. Humacao lights up its plaza in front of the Casa Alcaldía for a three-day Christmas lighting, an early taste of the season. All told there are 20 events across 9 municipios, so there is more than one good Saturday here.
The sea forecast for Saturday and Sunday favors the east and the islands: the best window is surf at Culebra / Flamenco Beach on Saturday (4.5 ft, 5-second swell), with Humacao / Palmas del Mar also rated good on both days. Thunderstorms are forecast at Humacao / Palmas del Mar and at Escambrón Marine Park on Saturday, so Sunday is the calmer bet at Escambrón. For a day away from the water, the Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo in Utuado or a Neapolitan pizza at Amici Pizza & Cocktails in Bayamón both fit, and sunset in San Juan comes at 5:47 PM. No patron-saint feast falls this weekend; the next is the Immaculate Conception of Mary on December 8.
What’s on
| Day (The day of the weekend the event falls on) | What | Town | Where (The venue as the listing gives it) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 250 Years of America Exhibition | San Juan | ICP Headquarters Gallery in Old San Juan |
| Saturday | Aíther: Sublime Time exhibition | Carolina | library lobby of the University of Puerto Rico at Carolina |
| Saturday | Choose Your Bartender! at Antiguo 26 (Puerto Rico Cocktail Week) | — | Antiguo 26 Alta Coctelería |
| Saturday | Encuentro: no hay que esperar a que las piezas estén completas | San Juan | Galería Delta de Picó |
| Saturday | Feria de Sevilla Puerto Rico | San Juan | Antiguo Arsenal de la Marina Española in Old San Juan |
| Saturday | Humacao's Three-Day Christmas Lighting: Humacao, Tierra de Bendición: Celebrando el Milagro de la Navidad | Humacao | plaza en frente de la Casa Alcaldía |
| Saturday | Miss Universe Experience exhibition | San Juan | Plaza Las Américas |
| Saturday | Puerto Rico Cocktail Week | San Juan | various locations in San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Saturday | Puerto Rico Weightlifting Federation Training | Caguas | Caguas Municipal Gymnasium in the Ángel O. Berríos Sports Complex |
| Saturday | Second Anniversary of El Rancho de la Rubia with Ox-Cart Caravan and Sung Promises | San Germán | El Rancho de la Rubia |
| Saturday | Spelling Bee: La Comedia Musical | San Juan | Centro de Bellas Artes de Santurce |
| Saturday | Traditional Lobster Festival | Cabo Rojo | along PR-102, Joyuda, Cabo Rojo |
The weekend weather
| Town (One town for each stretch of the island) | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| San Juan | Thunderstorm89°F 39% rain | Overcast87°F 7% rain |
| Arecibo | Thunderstorm91°F 58% rain | Thunderstorm88°F 29% rain |
| Mayagüez | Thunderstorm89°F 57% rain | Drizzle90°F 41% rain |
| Ponce | Thunderstorm84°F 98% rain | Drizzle86°F 45% rain |
| Fajardo | Thunderstorm85°F 98% rain | Drizzle87°F 29% 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 | Culebra / Flamenco Beach | Surf | 4.5 ft, 5-second swell, moderate offshore wind |
| Saturday | Escambrón Marine Park | Dive | 2 ft seas, clear water likely |
| Saturday | Humacao / Palmas del Mar | Surf | 4.9 ft, 6-second swell, light cross-shore wind |
| Saturday | Aguadilla / Crash Boat | Dive | 2.9 ft seas |
| Saturday | Cayo Icacos / La Cordillera | Dive | 3.3 ft seas |
| Sunday | Escambrón Marine Park | Dive | 1.8 ft seas, clear water likely |
| Sunday | Humacao / Palmas del Mar | Surf | 4.3 ft, 6-second swell, light onshore wind |
| Sunday | Aguadilla / Crash Boat | Dive | 2.4 ft seas |
| Sunday | Cayo Icacos / La Cordillera | Dive | 2.7 ft seas |
| Sunday | Culebra / Flamenco Beach | Surf | 3.5 ft, 6-second swell, moderate cross-shore wind |
Where to go
- Beaches & Chill: Playa Punta Higüero, Rincón
- On the Water: Guánica / Gilligan’s Island, Guánica
- Outdoors & Adventure: Bosque Estatal de Río Abajo, Utuado
- Culture & Events: Museo Tecnológico BONUS Dr. Modesto Iriarte, Rincón
- Eat & Drink: Amici Pizza & Cocktails, Bayamón
- Nightlife & Music: Old Harbor Brewery, Carolina
One in-season place of each kind, rotated each week.
Fiestas
No patron-saint feast day falls this weekend. The next is The Immaculate Conception of Mary on December 8, kept in Guayanilla, Humacao, Juncos, Las Marías, Las Piedras, Vega Alta and Vieques.
The same weekend, with every event and every scored spot, is on the weekend page.
This is the 9th 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.