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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 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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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Cabo Raso, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct9, poor3 ft6 smushy59kJwind from the north-north-east, 16 knots13°C
Tue 20Oct11, poor3 ft6 smushy67kJwind from the north-north-east, 19 knots12°C
Wed 21Oct27, poor4 ft6 smushy80kJwind from the south, 15 knots11°C
Thu 22Oct25, poor3 ft5 smushy58kJwind from the south, 15 knots10°C
Fri 23Oct25, too small3 ft4 smushy26kJwind from the south-south-east, 10 knots10°C
Sat 24Oct16, too small2 ft6 smushy19kJwind from the south-east, 6 knots11°C
Sun 25Oct4, too small2 ft4 smushy12kJwind from the north-north-east, 15 knots14°C
Mon 26Oct24, too small2 ft5 smushy15kJwind from the west-south-west, 11 knots, offshore14°C
Tue 27Oct12, too small1 ft5 smushy8kJwind from the south, 3 knots11°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.

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6 nights from today, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    No way there we can work out.

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 13 of 80.

  3. 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).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 30 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    No way there we can work out.

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