Cardiel (Mar del Plata) surf break

Cardiel (Mar del Plata) surfForecast / Buenos Aires / Argentina

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 01 Jan 2026 -03
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Cardiel (Mar del Plata) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cardiel (Mar del Plata) sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cardiel (Mar del Plata) today?

The current surf forecast for Cardiel (Mar del Plata) at 11AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (01 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (01 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.8
S
1.8
S
2.1
S
1.7
S
2
S
2.2
S
2.5
SSE
2.4
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
Period(s) (?)7791010101010109912121212111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1981493834525615206696537994766851388181216991839242319601704143913041141135411371024
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
ESE
20
ENE
25
ENE
10
NE
25
S
30
S
15
S
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
15
S
45
SSW
40
S
35
S
40
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:34AM
1.50
5:20PM
1.12
5:28AM
1.64
6:24PM
1.07
6:22AM
1.76
7:24PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
0.37
11:10PM
0.66
1:23PM
0.24
12:04AM
0.69
2:24PM
0.13
1:06AM
0.70
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
Sunrise5:31-------5:31-------5:31-------
Sunset----8:15-------8:15-------8:15---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------11--------
Temp. °C151718181817171513161719171614131314141515151514
Feels °C (?)1214141413151299121113121364456779109
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