Punta Medanos surfForecast / Buenos Aires / Argentina

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 8 am Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 -03
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Punta Medanos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Punta Medanos sea temperature is
21.6° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Punta Medanos today?

The current surf forecast for Punta Medanos at 5PM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)4s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.8
ENE
0.8
S
1.3
S
1.7
S
1.4
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
E
0.8
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)8887445131212125456655667445
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2121212815428366663418701931255745262752194455
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NE
15
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
N
20
NNW
20
WNW
20
S
10
E
30
S
30
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
E
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
0.45
7:16PM
0.36
6:48AM
0.48
8:02PM
0.34
7:32AM
0.50
8:41PM
0.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:48PM
0.16
11:59PM
0.25
1:48PM
0.15
12:36AM
0.24
2:40PM
0.15
1:20AM
0.22
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise5:41-------5:43-------5:43-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:07-------8:07---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------34-----------
Temp. °C202225252321212222283321201918181819202019181919
Feels °C (?)232324232119192021273120211513141516171514131415
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