El Canal (Rio de Bayamon) Surf Guide

“I am from Puerto Rico although I live in the United States now. I have surfed this spot (and many others) countless times. This particular spot was kind of like the advance training grounds for the surfers of Levittown and Cataño, As the spot lies right between both towns. I am from Levittown and after graduating from Cochino's (which is also in Levittown) I made this my regular spot. It easily handled overhead size surf. Long rights and lefts in between the jetties of the river mouth (Rio Hondo). This spot faces slightly northwest so it easily gets offshore winds from the prevailing winds of the island. Unfortunately right about the winter of 1986 the government decided to beef up the columns holding the bridge where traffic goes over the river and they dredged up a lot of sand. Huge mounds of sand where dredged up and a rain storm that lasted a couple of days came and the city of Bayamon had to open the river damn which washed away all the sand and forever changed the ocean floor. At one point the waves where breaking over 100yds from the jetties. Today it is still surfable but not as good as it used to be. Last time I was there was in August of 2021.”