Biggest Swell of the Season Kisses the Caribbean
Tres Palmas takes center stage, assorted shallow reefbreaks provide encores.
Mikey Wright. Photo: Darren Muschett
Matt Pruett
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Puerto Rico has always existed on the fringe of American society. Not a state — although many argue it should be — the Connecticut-sized tropical island is an outlier. A commonwealth. A territory. But when, say, the biggest NNW swell of the season stampedes toward the Greater Antilles all juiced up by 50-foot seas and 65-knot winds, Puerto Rico becomes the boss dog of the boneyard. The Hawaii of the Atlantic. The best thing American surfing’s got going this side of Death Valley. (And the likely destination where the O’Neill Regional Wave of the Winter: Caribbean could be won. More info.)