Cardiel (Mar del Plata) Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.98° S 57.54° W

Cardiel (Mar del Plata) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cardiel (Mar del Plata) sea temperature is
10.5°C
1.8° 

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 (13 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cardiel (Mar del Plata) at 1PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (13 Sep)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (13 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Mon afternoon, min 3°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, strong winds from the SSW by Tue morning).

Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
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)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
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
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
S
11
1.1
S
11
1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
10
0.7
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
E
8
0.4
E
8
0.4
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
1.6
SSW
6
1.7
S
8
1.8
S
8
1.8
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
281
281
236
176
163
131
131
98
92
66
60
42
27
20
20
21
12
12
192
328
448
505
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
WSW
0
W
10
E
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
25
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
25
W
20
WSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
30
S
25
S
20
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
8:43AM1.18m
9:00PM1.54m
9:25AM1.24m
9:49PM1.43m
10:05AM1.29m
Low Tide
3:45AM0.29m
3:26PM0.45m
4:21AM0.37m
4:15PM0.41m
4:53AM0.47m
5:03PM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:52
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:37
6:38
6:39
 mm
Temp °C
4
3
6
7
6
6
4
3
3
3
9
13
13
11
9
9
8
9
8
7
7
6
Feels °C
-1
-2
4
3
1
0
-2
-3
-3
-4
2
6
8
6
3
2
3
2
-1
-1
0
0
  • 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