Cuesta del Viento - Lamaral

About this spot

• air15-40 kt
• exploreTérmico del este · Zonda
• wavesChoppy
• signal_cellular_altIntermediate
• calendar_monthBest: Jan–Dec

Sandy peninsula on the west coast of the Cuesta del Viento dam, southeast of Lamaral beach. Launch from the southeast shore of the peninsula, facing the wind, and ride on both sides of the point: to the north, in front of the cape, and to the south, along the coast. The wind is the easterly thermal that rises through the Jáchal river valley: mornings are calm and from midday it blows side-onshore towards the shore, from 20 to 30 kt and sometimes over 50 kt in the afternoon. The best season is from October to March (September to May with fewer days); in winter there is almost no wind. The water is cold (approx. 1,600 m altitude) and the reservoir level changes significantly from year to year, and with it the peninsula and the shoreline. With Zonda (west-northwest) the wind is offshore: do not ride. The Lamaral parador, with a bar, camping, showers, school and windsurf and kite rental, is 1 km northwest via a dirt track; Rodeo, with accommodation and food, is about 5 km away. Photos: "Emabalse Cuesta del Viento, dpto. Iglesia, prov. de San Juan, Argentina" by M.Bustos (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons; "Embalse Cuesta del Viento (Iglesia - San Juan - Argentina)" by Ascalise (CC BY 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

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