Escollera Sur (Mar del Plata) Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Right, listen up. Rusty here, looking at the charts for Mar del Plata. It’s a slow start, no two ways about it. We’ve got a good run of tiny, choppy slop for the first few days that ain’t worth paddling out for. The real story starts to build later in the week.

The water’s hanging in at 50°F, which is a touch warmer than normal for this time of year – a little gift from the ocean.

So, from Monday the 17th through to Wednesday the 20th, it’s a write-off. Mostly cross-onshore winds and weak energy, with the swell barely pushing 3 ft at its best. Just leave the board in the car.

Friday the 21st shows a bit more life, but it’s messy. That S’ly swell jumps to 6 ft, but it’s a short-period wind swell (7 seconds) and a strong cross-onshore wind is chopping it all up. The combined energy is moderate (349), but the quality is just not there.

The weekend is a bit of a mixed bag. Saturday the 22nd has some size, with swell hitting 7 ft to 7 ft from the S, but it’s getting hammered by a fresh 19 mph cross-off wind. The energy is getting serious (1010 on the Saturday arvo), but it’s not clean. Sunday the 23rd is a full-on blowout with a strong breeze; that’s a hard pass.

Now, here’s the standout for the strong swimmers. Monday the 24th of August. This is the one. We’ve got a solid SSE swell, a clean 6 ft in the morning, pushing 7 ft in the arvo, and the wind goes light offshore from the NW. The period is a nice 10-11 seconds, so it’s got some proper groundswell energy behind it (1050 combined energy). *Escollera Sur (Mar del Plata)* will be holding that swell, and with clean conditions, this is for the experienced crew. Anything over 5 ft here gets serious. It’ll be a beauty.

After that, Tuesday the 25th sees it drop back to 4 ft and 3 ft from the SE, but with clean offshore winds again. It’s not a standout, but a very fun, surfable day for a wider range of abilities.

The rest of the outlook, from the 26th through to the 1st of September, is small and inconsistent. A lot of knee to waist-high dribble with the odd glassy moment, particularly on the 29th and 30th of August and the 31st when the wind goes light. The swell on the 30th and 31st shows some long-period energy (11-12 seconds from the SE), which would be a real treat for the points and reefs if it had any more size, but at 3 ft it will just be a nice long-period glassy day for a log.

So, if you’re an experienced surfer, lock in Monday the 24th of August at Escollera Sur for some solid, clean waves. Otherwise, the best fun waves for everyone else will be on the cleaner, smaller days like Tuesday the 25th and maybe the 30th or 31st.

Rusty.

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