La Popular (Mar-del-Plata) Surf Forecast

/ Buenos Aires (44 surf breaks) /

Argentina (51 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (38.01° S 57.54° W)

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La Popular (Mar-del-Plata) surfForecast / Buenos Aires / Argentina

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 -03

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

Today's La Popular (Mar-del-Plata) sea temperature is 12.4° C
(Which is 3.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Popular (Mar-del-Plata) today?

The current surf forecast for La Popular (Mar-del-Plata) at 12PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

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

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

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	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ENE	E	S	S	E	S	S	S	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	SE	ESE	E	SE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	5	6	10	9	6	10	10	10	8	8	5	9	5	5	6	6	6	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	147	114	93	91	66	63	47	51	30	61	35	76	48	51	60	44	52	39	86	87	193	288	352	413
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNE	S	SSE	S	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	E	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:45AM 0.90				4:18PM 1.57				5:41AM 0.92				5:20PM 1.58					6:28AM 0.95				6:16PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			9:50AM 0.78					12:28AM 0.24			11:26AM 0.74					1:23AM 0.25				12:35PM 0.68				2:10AM 0.27

	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	30	27	4	1
Temp. °C	10	11	13	15	15	14	13	12	14	15	16	18	16	13	9	8	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	11
Feels °C (?)	7	8	11	12	11	12	12	10	13	15	17	17	15	11	5	4	3	4	4	5	4	6	6	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Buenos Aires

Wind Update Wind reports 10 km away suggest it is still onshore at La Popular (Mar-del-Plata) (light winds from the ENE at Mar Del Plata AR Airport). 1.0m 5s windswell from the E with a 0.8m 12s groundswell from the ESE and a 0.4m 5s windswell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 35 minutes ago La Popular (Mar-del-Plata)

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