Local legend
Playa Grande, Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina-38.005, -57.540Beach break · faces E (86°)
Spot guide
Playa Grande, Mar del Plata is an E-facing beach break in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It picks up swell from NE to SSW, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 34% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the W: light winds or W breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while E onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- E (86°)
- Best swell
- E to S (90°–180°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- SW to NW offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 2–5 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- NE to SSW (41.5° to 193°)
- Offshore wind
- W
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- None yet