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Continent:	South America
Country:	Argentina
Next Big City (Airport):	Mar del Plata
Next Town:	Mar del Plata
Latitude:	-37.9772
Longitude:	-57.5412
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Type:	- Ocean	Rider Ability: - Intermediate - Expert

Good for:	- Kitesurfing - Surfing	Features: - Food - Parking

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Near Beaches
El Torreon (3.4 km) Best Direction: SE SSE Type: Shallow Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Playa Grande (5.8 km) Best Direction: NE ENE SE SSE Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) El Desierto (8.33 km) Best Direction: N NNE NE SSE S SSW Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Waikiki (10.83 km) Best Direction: N NNE NE SE NW NNW Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Playa Horizonte (13.22 km) Best Direction: NE SE SSE S Type: Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m) Kite Beach MDQ (13.46 km) Best Direction: NE SW Type: Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m)

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Water

Type:	- Chop - Small Wave (< 1m)	Hazards: - Swimmers - Currents - Rocks

Quality:	- Cloudy	Best Tide: - Low Tide - Coming Tide

Chop and small waves.

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Beach

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Medium

Hazards:	- Rocks	Beach crowds: - January - February - December

Medium sized sandy beach. Beach goers from December until February.

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Weather

Spring:	- Shorty - Normal Wetsuit	Summer: - Shorts - Shorty

Fall:	- Normal Wetsuit	Winter: - Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit

Water: winter quite cold, approx. 11°C, summer up to approx. 16°C. Neoprene is required all year. Only on some hot summer days you can ride in shorts.

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Wind

Wind Statistic Wind Forecast Wind Report

Best Months:	- March - April - May - September - October - November	Wind Type: - Thermal Winds - Frontal Winds

Best Direction:	- NE - SE - SSE - S	Main Direction: - NE - SSW - SW

Approx. 2-3 kiteable days per week. Usual directions SE, S and NE. Winter: best wind is SE and S, from 10-35 knots. Depending of frontal systems. Summer: best wind is NE. It is a thermal wind starting at 1pm approx. up to 20 knots, but it is not very predictable. You can also get on summer some frontal systems from the South an SE.

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How to get there

Transport:

- Car

Access:

- Short Walk

Located in the north of Mar del Plata.

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

- Time Restrictions

Kiting is allowed in summer only on cold days.

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Nightlife

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