Continent
South America
Country
Argentina
Next Big City
Mar del Plata, Brigadier de la Colina
Next Town
Mar del Plata
 
Type:
Ocean
Rider Ability:
Intermediate, Expert
Features:
Shop, Shower, Toilet, Food

Water

Type:
Small wave, Medium wave
Hazards:
Rocks, Stones
Quality:
Clean
Best Tide:
High tide, Low tide

You can find very good waves at this spot. With NE it is quite choppy but a few meters to the south you find another beach with flat water. With S an SE there are very good waves with quite flat water on the rest. Sometimes could be some current up to 2 knots approx. Only a few underwater rocks on the north end of the beach.

Beach

Type:
Sand
Size:
Medium
Hazards:
Bystanders
Beach Users:
January, February, December

The beach is wide with no special regulations. Nice and soft sand. You can drive there with a 4x4. In winter there is nobody there, but in the summer it is full of people, but you can ride anyway, because there is plenty of space for launching.

Weather

Spring:
Normal
Summer:
Shorts, Shorty
Fall:
Normal, Thick
Winter:
Thick

Water: winter quite cold, approx. 11°C, summer up to approx. 16°C. Neoprene is required all year. Only on some hot summer days you can ride in shorts.

Wind

Best Months:
No information
Wind Type:
Thermal, Frontal
Best Direction:
NE, SE, SSE, S
Main Direction:
NE, SE, SSE, S

Approx. 2-3 kiteable days per week. Usual directions SE, S and NE. Winter: best wind is SE and S, from 10-35 knots. Depending of frontal systems. Summer: best wind is NE. It is a thermal wind starting at 1pm approx. up to 20 knots, but it is not very predictable. You can also get on summer some frontal systems from the South an SE.



How to get there

Transport
Car
Access
Medium walk

Fly to Buenos Aires and then by car, plane or train to Mar del Plata city. Mar del Plata is 400 km to the south of Buenos Aires.

Extra information

Rules
Zones

In summer lot of people or swimmers.

Nightlife

No information