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Home base: Chabad in Isla Verde address, Shabbat meals, kosher food

18 Calle Rosa, Isla Verde, Carolina, PR 00979787-253-0894(WhatsApp too)

Shabbat meals: reserve ahead for Dec 25–26 and Jan 1–2. It's peak season.
Kosher in Paradise: meals for pickup or delivery; order by the night before. Pack them for day trips. Outside San Juan there's no kosher food.
Pantry: Mon–Thu 10–6:30, Fri 11–3:30. OMRKT in Miramar is also certified.

What changes the plan closures and timing, checked Nov 11

Full moon: Dec 23, 9:28 pm Puerto Rico time. Bio bay tours skip the nights around it. From about Dec 28 the moon rises late at night, so early-evening tours are dark.
Vieques' bay has gone dark. Its glow fell steadily from July and hit "zero" in late September. The DRNA (the island's natural resources agency) is investigating. Possible causes are sargassum seaweed, El Niño weather or tides. No recovery reported as of mid-October.
Laguna Grande kayaks run Monday to Saturday only. With Shabbat on both Fridays, the usable dark nights are Mon Dec 28 to Thu Dec 31.
El Yunque is partly closed. The main road is open and free, but La Mina, Mt. Britton's tower, the summit trail and Yokahú Tower are all closed (details on the cards).
Culebra and Vieques ferries: the posted timetable ends Nov 30. December isn't up yet, and holiday sailings sell out. Book the day it appears, or fly.
El Morro and San Cristóbal close Dec 25 and Jan 1 (federal holidays). Both are Fridays, so it costs you little.

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