Cardiel (Mar del Plata) Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.98° S 57.54° W

Cardiel (Mar del Plata) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cardiel (Mar del Plata) sea temperature is
10.3° C
2.0° 

Cardiel (Mar del Plata) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cardiel (Mar del Plata) today (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cardiel (Mar del Plata) at 7AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00am August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (04 Aug)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (04 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

Table - waves today at Cardiel (Mar del Plata). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 31mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, strong winds from the S by Thu night).

Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SE
11
1.1
SE
11
1
SE
11
1
SE
10
0.9
SE
10
0.9
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.5
SE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.9
SE
4
1.3
SSE
5
1.5
SE
5
1.7
SSE
6
1.9
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
263
292
220
212
170
167
138
115
113
85
81
81
52
52
52
40
39
28
76
25
74
122
164
246
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
15
SSE
5
E
10
SE
20
SSE
30
ESE
30
SE
35
SSE
40
S
45
S
Wind State
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
10:29PM1.56m
11:00AM1.12m
11:14PM1.48m
11:45AM1.20m
00:05AM1.38m
12:35PM1.29m
Low Tide
6:08AM0.43m
5:33PM0.59m
6:41AM0.48m
6:31PM0.57m
7:13AM0.55m
7:35PM0.54m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:48
7:47
7:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:04
6:05
6:06
 mm
2
11
13
4
Temp °C
11
11
11
10
10
12
10
10
10
10
11
13
14
14
13
11
11
10
9
8
8
8
8
8
Feels °C
9
11
10
9
8
10
8
7
6
7
8
11
12
12
11
8
9
7
5
2
1
1
0
-2
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cardiel (Mar del Plata) surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest