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Kitesurf Location - Playa Horizonte ( ID playa_horizonte )      Hits: 1283
 
You are here: South America > Argentina > Kitesurf Location - Playa Horizonte ( ID playa_horizonte )
Continent: South America
Country: Argentina
Next Big City (Airport):  Mar del Plata, Brigadier de la Colina
Next Town: Mar del Plata
Latitude:   -38.0961
Longitude: -57.5428
Type:
- Ocean
Rider Ability:
- Intermediate
- Expert

Good for:
- Kitesurfing
- Windsurfing
- Surfing
Features:
- Shop
- Shower
- Toilet
- Food

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Near Locations
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El Desierto (4.97 km) Best Direction: N NNE NE SSE S SSW Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m)
Playa Grande (7.55 km) Best Direction: NE ENE SE SSE Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m) Medium Wave (1-3m)
El Torreon (9.9 km) Best Direction: SE SSE Type: Shallow Chop Small Wave (< 1m)
Puerto Cardiel (13.22 km) Best Direction: NE SE SSE S Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m)
Acevedo (14.48 km) Best Direction: NNE NE SE SSE Type: Chop Small Wave (< 1m)
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Water
Type:
- Small Wave (< 1m)
- Medium Wave (1-3m)
Hazards:
- Rocks
- Stones

Quality:
- Clean
Best Tide:
- High Tide
- Low Tide


You can find very good waves at this spot. With NE it is quite choppy but a few meters to the south you find another beach with flat water. With S an SE there are very good waves with quite flat water on the rest. Sometimes could be some current up to 2 knots approx. Only a few underwater rocks on the north end of the beach.

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 Location
Type:
- Sand
Size:
- Medium

Hazards:
- Bystanders
Location crowds:
- January
- February
- December


The beach is wide with no special regulations. Nice and soft sand. You can drive there with a 4x4. In winter there is nobody there, but in the summer it is full of people, but you can ride anyway, because there is plenty of space for launching.

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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

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

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


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:
- Medium Walk


Fly to Buenos Aires and then by car, plane or train to Mar del Plata city. Mar del Plata is 400 km to the south of Buenos Aires.

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 Rules, Restrictions and Extra Info
Rules:
- Restricted Zones


In summer lot of people or swimmers.

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 Nightlife


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