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Punta Medanos surfForecast / Buenos Aires / Argentina

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 2 pm Thursday 15 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
21.9° C
 (Which is 2.0°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: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 02:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (-03) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (15 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.1
SE
0.7
ENE
1.2
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.3
S
0.7
NE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
1.9
S
2
S
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)8125566666674458588867666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)116236013910986614628522149511224111110224360212205186
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
25
NE
20
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
20
NW
15
NNW
30
NNE
35
SW
25
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02PM
0.34
7:32AM
0.50
8:41PM
0.33
8:19AM
0.53
9:11PM
0.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
0.15
12:36AM
0.24
2:40PM
0.15
1:20AM
0.22
3:28PM
0.15
2:05AM
0.19
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------5:43-------5:45-------5:46-
Sunset--8:07-------8:07-------8:07-----
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--2----------------5----
Temp. °C312621181818181819191918191919253132241818191818
Feels °C (?)312421121313141415151413141617232928201510131311
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