Chapadmalal surf break

Chapadmalal surfForecast / Buenos Aires / Argentina

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 -03
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Chapadmalal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chapadmalal sea temperature is
12.0° C
(Which is 3.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chapadmalal today?

The current surf forecast for Chapadmalal at 1PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

Table - waves today at Chapadmalal. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
1.1
ENE
0.8
E
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.1
E
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.4
SE
2.2
SE
Period(s) (?)12121212121166999101078895556677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147114936766618047433939726866586074628590188271516453
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
WNW
0
ESE
10
S
15
S
20
S
25
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
25
ENE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:21AM
0.83
4:09PM
1.27
5:22AM
0.86
5:12PM
1.28
6:12AM
0.90
6:09PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:07AM
0.55
11:54PM
0.20
11:20AM
0.52
12:51AM
0.20
12:24PM
0.47
1:38AM
0.21
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:47-------6:45-------6:43------
Sunset----6:43-------6:44-------6:45---
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------18--------1232454
Temp. °C101114161514141314151616131187778910101111
Feels °C (?)67111311111211131518151173221223259
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Buenos Aires

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Chapadmalal (light winds from the NE.(Wind varies from 360 to 060 degs) at Mar Del Plata AR Airport 34 km from Chapadmalal). 0.9m 5s windswell from the ENE with a 0.7m 12s groundswell from the ESE and a 0.5m 5s windswell from the SSE. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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19 km/h
NE
0.0
12.0
Air / Water (°C)
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