====== Puerto Rico Surfski ======

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Laguna del Condado Night Paddle, photo - Omar Chacon from [[https://youtu.be/SgHK6D2CAsM|video]]

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[[:us_places|Main USA Surfski Page]]

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===== Downwinds/Paddles =====

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==== Downwind ====

  * **El Morro ** [[https://youtu.be/IZrQXQ9ywtg|circumnavigation video]]
  * **Ensenada - Guilligan's Island **4.2 m [[https://youtu.be/63323BZDhYQ|video]]
  * **La Guancha (Ponce) - El Boquete (El Boquemar) **11.9 m [[https://youtu.be/Iu9Q6XTEz9w|video]]
  * **Las Mareas, Salinas ** [[https://youtu.be/sp01m-t4XNA|video]]
  * **Playa Santa - Parquera**  7 m [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEBQQcuIv50|video]], [[https://www.downwind.fun/courses/playa-santa-a-parguera-run|Downwindfun]]
  * **Pozuelo - Polita**  9.5 m [[https://youtu.be/bIAG5euDrK8|video]]
  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQWo9pmSFoE|video]] (location?)

==== Surf/Laps ====

  * **Isla Verde ** [[https://youtu.be/xvoCgmQNJtY|video]]
  * **Laguna del Condado (San Juan)**
      * **The Bay Mouth (El Boquerón) **opens out into Gulf of Mexico at **La Boca del Perro **  (guarded on the east by La Piedra del Perro and on the west by Fortín de San Jerónimo del Boquerón**) **is a safer place to practice catching waves headed onshore [[https://youtu.be/2cWvzilzDdg?t=150|video]], [[https://youtu.be/dct1fiYuhww|video 2]], - the waves are filtered at the opening and kind of lined up past the entrance.
  * **Las Pardas (Guánica) ** [[https://youtu.be/kV__dWeZjpY?t=18|video]]
==== Flatwater ====

  * **Lago La Plata ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1PnjEyJV5s|video]]
  * **Bioluminescence **The water glows when microorganisms are stirred up by boats or paddles.
      * **Laguna Grande**  in [[https://www.visittheusa.com/destination/fajardo-and-rio-grande|Fajardo]], near the east end of the island.
      * **Mosquito Bay**  on the nearby island of [[https://www.visittheusa.com/destination/culebra-and-vieques|Vieques]]
      * **La Parguera in Lajas**  on the island’s southwest coast.
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===== Conditions =====

  * [[https://worldcam.eu/webcams/north-america/puerto-rico|Webcams]]
  * [[https://www.windy.com/18.463/-66.138?17.868,-66.138,8,i:pressure|Windy.com Puerto Rico]]
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===== Races =====

  * [[https://www.paddlefestpr.com/|Aguadilla Paddlefest]]
  * **Culebra Challenge**
      * There used to be a 22 mile [[https://globalsurfski.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/culebra-challenge-race-puerto-rico/|downwind race]] from Culebra Island to Fajardo. As far as we can tell it hasn't been run for some time. Harry Negron at [[https://www.outriggerzone.com/dealers/ozonepuertorico/|Ozone Puerto Rico]] was involved. You might check with him about any future race possibilities?
  * [[https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078201481263|Ocean Challenge Boqueron]] (facebook)
  * [[:races:race_calendars|Worldwide Race Calender Page]]
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===== Video =====

  * [[https://www.youtube.com/@surfskispr/videos|Surfskis de Puerto Rico - Caribbean Downwinders]] youtube channel
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===== Groups/Clubs =====

  * [[https://copaconline.com/|Pan American Canoe Federation]] COPAC
      * [[https://copaconline.com/about/national-federations|National Federations]]
      * [[https://www.facebook.com/canotajepur/?locale=es_LA|Federación Puertorriqueña de Canotaje]] (facebook)
  * [[https://www.puertoricooutriggers.com/|Puerto Rico Outriggers]] SUP & Outrigger
  * [[https://www.facebook.com/Federacion-de-Remo-Puerto-Rico-401561753287876/|Puerto Rico Rowing Fed. Clubhouse (facebook)]], (boat storage/launch) Condado Lagoon Park [[herreroilll@microjuris.com|herreroilll@microjuris.com]]
  * [[http://www.facebook.com/groups/surfskispr/|Surfskis Puerto Rico y Remadas Downwind]] (facebook) group of downwind paddlers in Puerto Rico
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===== Dealers/Equipment =====

  * [[https://askayakspr.myshopify.com/search?q=epic&options[prefix]=last|Aqua Sports Kayaks]] Epic Surfskis, Paddling Accessories
      * [[https://www.facebook.com/aquasportskayakspr|On Facebook]]
  * [[https://www.outriggerzone.com/dealers/ozonepuertorico/|Ozone Puerto Rico]]
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===== Resources =====

  * [[https://www.facebook.com/groups/371014898162194|No Fear Surfski pr]] facebook
  * [[https://estuario.org/que-es-la-corporacion-del-estuario/|San Juan Bay Estuary Preservation]]
  * [[https://www.facebook.com/surfski.tour.puerto.rico|Surfski Tour Puerto Rico]] a PR surfskier on facebook
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===== Other Caribbean Islands =====

  * [[:caribbean_islands|Caribbean Islands]]
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