Cabo Raso, Argentina

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Rada Tilly, is 254 km away. Nearest airport: REL (REL), 125 km.

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About Cabo Raso

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces E (79°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (259°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 700 m out (1 in 68). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 9°C in August, its coldest month (4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves), and 17°C in February, its warmest (3/2 wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually March, April, May and June, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Rada Tilly, is 254 km away. Nearest airport: REL (REL), 125 km.

Water about 10°C: 4/3 or 5/4, boots and gloves. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Rada Tilly, is 254 km away. Nearest airport: REL (REL), 125 km.
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Forecast

Cabo Raso does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Cabo Raso, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	5, too small	2 ft5 smushy	34kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 21 knots	12°C
Mon 19Oct	9, poor	3 ft6 smushy	63kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 16 knots	13°C
Tue 20Oct	13, poor	4 ft5 smushy	85kJ	wind from the north-east, 18 knots	12°C
Wed 21Oct	28, poor	4 ft6 smushy	83kJ	wind from the south, 15 knots	11°C
Thu 22Oct	26, poor	3 ft5 smushy	58kJ	wind from the south, 15 knots	10°C
Fri 23Oct	26, too small	2 ft6 smushy	37kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 10 knots	10°C
Sat 24Oct	16, too small	2 ft7 smushy	29kJ	wind from the south-east, 6 knots	11°C
Sun 25Oct	4, too small	1 ft4 smushy	4kJ	wind from the north, 11 knots	14°C
Mon 26Oct	16, too small	2 ft4 smushy	9kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 11 knots, offshore	14°C
Tue 27Oct	17, too small	2 ft4 smushy	13kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 16 knots, offshore	11°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 16 of 80.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Cabo Raso
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 6 s, wind 15 kn (28 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 29 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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