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Cuesta del Viento - Ze'Pequeño

Rodeo, Argentina
Community spot
Cuesta del Viento - Ze'Pequeño
Cuesta del Viento - Ze'Pequeño
Cuesta del Viento - Ze'Pequeño

About this spot

  • 15-40 kt
  • Térmico del este · Zonda
  • Choppy
  • Intermediate
  • Best: Jan–Dec

Sandy beach on the west coast of the Cuesta del Viento dam, in front of the Ze'Pequeño kite house and about 600 m north of Lamaral beach. You launch on the beach and ride towards the east and north, in front of the river mouth. The wind is the easterly thermal that comes up the Jáchal river valley: mornings are calm and from midday it blows at 20 to 30 kt, sometimes over 50 kt in the afternoon. Here it comes in almost cross-onshore. The best season is from October to March (September to May with fewer days); in winter there is almost no wind. Caution: when the reservoir is low, the northern part of the bay becomes a dry bed and the river mouth has shallows and mud. The water level changes a lot from year to year, and the shoreline with it. The water is cold (about 1,600 m altitude). With Zonda (west-northwest) the wind is offshore: no riding. There are no services mapped on the beach; the Lamaral beach bar has a bar, camping and school, and Rodeo has accommodation and food. Photos: "Embalse Cuesta del Viento, Iglesia, San Juan" by Enrique Guardia (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons; "San Juan-Lago Rodeo (45879485115)" by Miguel (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

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What this spot offers

Parking Not available
Toilets Not available
Showers Not available
Kite School Not available
Rescue Service Not available
Equipment Rental Not available
Restaurant Not available
First Aid Not available

Safety and Conditions

Launch zone
Good
Hazards
Very strong wind in the afternoon, sometimes over 50 kt, with gustsWind almost cross-onshore: you have to tack to get away from the shoreShallows and mud at the river mouth, north of the bayVery variable reservoir level: the shoreline changes from year to yearCold water: the dam is at about 1,600 m altitudeWith Zonda the wind is offshore: no riding
Obstacles
Shallows and mud at the river mouth, to the north
Emergency
911