Closest city: Punta Lara
Closest airport: BA Ezeiza
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Rating
Spot info
Puerto Velas is a public acces Club paying less than U$2 a day. You can use swimming pool, showers, bar, restaurant, parking, and other facilities.
The beach has shallow flat waters for about 300 meters, making it an
excellent spot for beginners or for trying freestyle manuevers.
| Rider level: | Everyone |
| Type: | Beach |
| Bottom Type: | Sandy, |
| Current: | Don't know |
| Tide: | No tide dependency |
| Dangers: | Other water craft,Extreme cold |
| Week frequency: | Few people |
| Weekend frequency | Few people |
| Water quality: | Clean |
Access
Air: pBlane to Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bus to la Plata. Taxi to Club Universitario Punta Lara.
Car: highway Au1 to Buenos Aires City then take Au. Buenos Aires-La Plata.
From La Plata take Camino Cristobal Colon to Punta Lara. Then Av. Alte.
Brown until Club Universitario de La Plata.
Or check map here: www.puertovelas.com.ar/mapa.htm
| Distance to city: | Near a town |
| Access time: | Less then 5min |
| Special access: | No access issues |
Wind, weather and season
Weather: good Temperature from september to april. Summer temperatures range between 20-35°C, you can ride with just boardshorts.
Wind: expect to find 40% (2.5 days/week) of windy days. Good directions are SE, ESE, E, NE, N, NO, but best direction is ESE and SE. Average wind speed is 14 knots but can blow up to 25-30 knots.
| Wind type: | Venturi Wind |
| Wind force: | Medium (16 - 25 knots) |
| Wind direction typical: | East |
| Best wind direction: | SouthEast |
| Best direction relative: | Side-onshore |
| Wind starts: | In the morning |
| Season: | September-January |
| Local wind website: | Local wind info |