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Continent:	South America
Country:	Argentina
Next Big City (Airport):	Mar del Plata
Next Town:	Mar del Plata
Latitude:	-38.0746
Longitude:	-57.5417
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Type:	- Ocean	Rider Ability: - Beginner - Intermediate - Expert

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

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Water

Type:	- Chop - Small Wave (< 1m) - Medium Wave (1-3m)	Hazards: - Swimmers - Rocks

Quality:	- Clean	Best Tide: - Low Tide

From chop up to 3m high waves.

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Beach

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Medium

Hazards:	No Information	Beach crowds: - January - February - December

Medium sized, sandy beach. Many people on the beach from December until February.

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Weather

Spring:	- Normal Wetsuit	Summer: - Shorts - Shorty

Fall:	- Normal Wetsuit - Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit	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 - June - August - September - October - November	Wind Type: - Thermal Winds - Frontal Winds

Best Direction:	- N - NNE - NE - SE - NW - NNW	Main Direction: - NE - SSW - SW - WNW - NNW

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

South of the harbor in Mar del Plata you will find a bay. At the south end of the bay you will find Waikiki.

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

No Information

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Nightlife

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