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Continent:	South America
Country:	Argentina
Next Big City (Airport):	Mar del Plata
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Latitude:	-38.0519
Longitude:	-57.5342
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Type:	- Ocean	Rider Ability: - Intermediate - Expert

Good for:	- Kitesurfing - Windsurfing	Features: - Parking

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Water

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

Quality:	- Clean	Best Tide: - Low Tide - Coming Tide

Chop to small waves.

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Location

Type:	- Sand	Size: - Big

Hazards:	No Information	Location crowds: - March - April - May - June - August - September - October - November - December

Big, sandy beach. Packed with beach goers most of the year.

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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:	No Information	Wind Type: - Thermal Winds - Frontal Winds

Best Direction:	- N - NNE - NE - SSE - S - SSW	Main Direction: - NE - SSW - SW - WSW - WNW - NW

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

Just south of the harbor in Mar del Plata.

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Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info

Rules:

No Information

Beware of thieves.

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Nightlife

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