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Locals like Carlos Cabrero knew exactly where to be to receive the new winter properly. Photo: Emil Mendez

As usual, Jorge Iglesias was right in tune with the new swell. Photo: Angel Vázquez

Outside! Photo: Angel Vázquez

Empty room, in a nice shade of blue. Photo: Angel Vázquez

Looks like Ricky Delgado gave Jochi Betancourt something "slim" to think about on this one. Photo: Angel Vázquez

You can be fairly sure that Otto Flores disappeared shortly after this image was captured. Photo: Angel Vázquez

By the 7th of November the real deal came to town. And you needed some serious sack to get into a wave like this one. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Guys like local wonderkid, Brian Toth, had sack to spare. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Wesley Toth had the necessary sack, but then went diving for lobsters a split second later. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Sebastian Moreno was visiting from Florida and managed to stroke into some solid bombs. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Another local that was charging for all he was worth was Dylan Graves. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Slotted in a major green room, Dylan Graves was nothing but poise and aplomb. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Buuuuuuuuuuuurp! Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Wesley Toth slotting himself in a room with a view. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

But that was far from the only room in which Wesley slotted himself. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Now would be a good time to know how to duckdive well. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

And when THE wave came, no one knew what to do with it better than Tothy. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Yes, Brian got a lot of BIG waves this morning. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

And Brian emerged from innumerable barrels with the spit stinging the backs of his ears. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Meanwhile, back in San Juan, there were some rideable walls before things got completely out of control. Photo: Eliezer Zayas

Pure floral perfection. Photo: Eliezer Zayas

More of the same. Photo: Eliezer Zayas

Through the plam fronds it almost looks tame. Think again, pardner. Photo: Eliezer Zayas

By the 8th the swell was on the wane, but still solid, and Shayne McIntyre rode this foam ball all the way to pay dirt. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Dylan Graves was another local who pulled in clean and tight on a lot of barrels during the second morning of the swell. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Tothy speed blurring into an overcast pit. Photo: Steve Fitzpatrick

Eduardo "Chu Chu" Roare on a clean little zipper. Photo: Emil Mendez

Through the last week of the month there were still some waves to be had, but nothing like that first week. Photo: Eliezer Zayas

Through a rusty hole, it's still possible to appreciate a morning of clean Caribbean surf. Photo: Eliezer Zayas