Comodoro Rivadavia spearfishing forecast — wind, swell, visibility, tides & live cameras

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◈Comodoro Rivadavia · Argentina
5.3
wave 0.6 m head-on
visibility~3m

Marginal

Today — right on the edge — wave, wind and visibility.

Sources: Open-Meteo · Copernicus — high confidence · data 00:31

Sources & confidence

Sources
Open-Meteo · Copernicus
Method
spearo sea-state engine: consensus of up to 6 models + satellite clarity (ZSD) + buoy-bias checks
Freshness
Re-read every hour, per coast

Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →

The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.

How we score the water

Our own model

Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.

01
Swell & wave memory
Height, period and direction of the swell, plus the wake of recent storms — an old storm still stirs the water, and the engine remembers.
02
Wind & gusts
Speed and gusts, hour by hour — wind speed and an onshore push chop the surface and cut visibility.
03
Tide phase
Timing and range of the tide, calibrated per coast — big spring tides pull the verdict toward caution.
04
Water temperature
Sea-surface temperature — sharply cold water vetoes a green verdict.
05
Currents & outflow
Direction and drift of the current — it pushes you, and it drags turbid coastal water across where you dive.
06
Rain runoff & air clarity
Rain muddies the water inshore through land runoff, while fog and haze cut visibility at the surface.
07
Coast shape & exposure
How the coast faces the swell — a sheltered cove keeps the water clean; an exposed, head-on point takes a penalty.

Safety gates

  • Thunderstorm forecast — an instant red, no exceptions.
  • An official warning (MeteoAlarm / IPMA) — yellow, or red for the higher ranks.
  • Missing input data — a would-be green is capped to yellow rather than overstated.
  • Strong disagreement between forecast models — a green day is pulled back to yellow.
  • Night hours — where night spearfishing is banned by law the window is forced red; where it is legal (Australia outside NSW, New Zealand, South Africa) it is capped at yellow, never green.

It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.

A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.

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Surface

Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.

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updated 00:31
Comodoro Rivadavia — solo, off the rocks
BORDERLINE
caution — solo off the rocks is risky, check on site · light fog ~2.0 km
wave 0.6 m head-onwind 7 km/hvisibility ~3 mwindow 09:00–21:00
today, best window 09:00–12:00
fish · Visibility 3 m · Water 10.9°C
confidence high · verdict for the selected day
Whole week — tap a day. is driving swell right now.
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Solo risk: carry a float · tell someone your plan and exit time · doubt = don't go. A model-based planner; the call is made on site.
Selected day

Windows, hours
and the day's trends.

The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.

Sunday · today2026-10-25
06:17–20:11 · full moon
▲ 03:00▼ 10:00▲ 16:00▼ 22:00mid-range tides · 4.1 m
Hours (06→20)
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Day's trends
Tide-1.88 m
Wave0.68 m
Wind7 km/h
Water12 °C
fish activity: moon overhead 00:10 · high · moonset 05:35 · moderate · moon underfoot 12:40 · high · moonrise 20:03 · moderate
Conditions window06:00–09:00
don't go fish
Hs 0.66 m · slightperiod 6.9 swind 6→10surge 1.4viz 4 m
0.66 mslight · up to ~1.32 · 87° at an angle
6.9 sswell moderate
6→10gusts 10 km/h
1.4noticeable surge
0.06m/s
4 msatellite: water here is usually murkier
10.6°Cthicker suit + hood
▼10:00tide falling
Atmosphere1 kmlandmarks visible
moderatemoonset
  • fog <1 km — no landmarks visible
  • water 11°C — cold
  • ebb — weaker inshore
confidence hightwilight
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Best window · next 3 days
gotomorrow · 09:00–12:00
you can see ~3 m ahead fish

transparency nearby ~5 m · satellite, 2 days agosatellite estimate · may differ right at the shore

↑ high tide 03:13 · slack water ~02:28–03:58 bite times: 11:40–13:40 · 19:33–20:33

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The water column

Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.

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spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.

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The seabed

Relief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.

On the rock

The forecast is the plan.
The call is on the rock.

The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.

Entry points

Where to get in
off the rocks.

Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.

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Caleta CórdovaComodoro Rivadavia
borderline
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Rocky coast and pier north of Comodoro; fishing, some diving — salmón, mero. Variable viz. Macro tide → slack.

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Costa ComodoroComodoro Rivadavia
borderline
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Rocky port coast; competitive scene. Town-level, coast-snap.

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Punta Maqueda (Punta Peligro)Comodoro Rivadavia
borderline
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Iconic rocky point to the south; sharks/rock sector, corvina and mero. Exposed, cold. Macro tide → slack.

Google Maps
Restinga del Km 3 (Rada del Puerto)Comodoro Rivadavia
borderline
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—

Urban restinga in the roadstead; shallow rock with cabrilla/mero. Town-level, competitive scene. Slack.

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SOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.

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Surfacing

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Reference

What's in season,
what the law says.

In season now
  • amberjack (sea salmon)
    Seriola lalandi · 3–30 m · legal
    Chubut: free permit + Valdés cupo (2 fish >5 kg / 4 fish <5 kg). Respect it.
  • grouper
    Acanthistius spp. · 3–30 m · legal
  • yellowtail
    Seriola lalandi · 3–30 m · legal
  • sea bass (chernia)
    Polyprion americanus · 8–40 m · legal
  • flathead
    Percophis brasiliensis · 2–25 m · legal
  • croaker
    Micropogonias furnieri · 1–20 m · ❓ consulta AUNAP
    ⚠️ Buenos Aires: spearfishing is NOT regulated (grey zone). No published size or quota — we do not promote «go and shoot» on natives until the province text is verified. Check first.
Law
  • ✓The licence is PROVINCIAL. In the Patagonian sea (Río Negro — Las Grutas; Chubut — Puerto Madryn) spearfishing is allowed: Chubut issues a FREE spearfishing licence. In Buenos Aires (Mar del Plata) you get the sport-fishing licence via Ciudadano Digital and spearfishing is regulated by Flora y Fauna.
  • ✓The Patagonian Continental Sport-Fishing rules ban spearfishing ONLY in inland waters (rivers/lakes) — NOT the sea. Respect provincial sizes/quotas (grouper, salmón de mar, amberjack) and closed zones.
  • ⛔ 🚫 All National Parks (Islote Lobos, Monte León, PN Tierra del Fuego; APN Res 199/2024) — spearfishing banned. Península Valdés / Puerto Pirámides — whale sanctuary: no-take.
  • ⛔ ⚠️ Buenos Aires: spearfishing not regulated (grey zone) — do not hunt natives until the province text is verified. Río Negro Ley 5.706/2024: apnea only, no night.
  • ⛔ Sea lions, penguins, cetaceans and seabirds — protected; do not disturb.

Rules are PROVINCIAL and vary. Before heading out, check with your province's authority (Chubut — free licence; Río Negro; Buenos Aires — Ciudadano Digital / Flora y Fauna); sea spearfishing is allowed, banned only in inland waters.

Safety protocol
  • Sets: watch the wave trains ≥15 min before entering; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, the wash can run 50 m past the foam line. A lull >10 min with period >12 s = a big set «overdue», do NOT enter; enter right after a full set passes and re-check at minute 30.
  • Exit FIRST: find your exit AND a backup before entering. On a rocky/boulder shore a 0.5 m rise in swell can make the exit impossible — getting pinned/unable to climb out is the main killer.
  • Headland rip: prominent points often have a permanent topographic rip regardless of the model — locate it, enter/exit on the windward side, never swim against it.
  • Cold: wetsuit per the SST chip; the first shiver = a metabolic surge and a drop in breath-hold → get out at the first steady shiver. Cap the session at 45–60 min below 15 °C.
  • Solo discipline: buoy up; tell someone the spot and exit time; conservative breath-hold (never push it in cold/murky/surfy water); visibility <3 m — don't enter.
  • Afternoon wind: on many coasts the wind builds from midday — plan to be out of the water by midday; the chop builds — get out.
  • UV 11:00–15:00 (UVI ≥6): sunscreen and cover up on the surface interval.
  • Solo is a fundamental risk (hypoxic blackout with no buddy). Any doubt = No-go.
Local guide · Comodoro Rivadavia

Spearfishing in Comodoro Rivadavia: spots, seasons and rules

Updated 2026-07-09 · By Oleksandr, spearfisher

Spearfishing in Comodoro Rivadavia is cold, rocky and tide-driven. The city hosted the 2019 Pan-American spearfishing event, but the normal shore plan still depends on macro-tide slack, exit choice and wind. Km 3, Caleta Córdova, Costa Comodoro and Punta Maqueda offer rock for sea salmon, mero, cabrilla and corvina when visibility allows. Legally, this is Chubut province, so licensing and quotas are checked with the provincial fishing authority.

TL;DR

  • Comodoro Rivadavia is a cold Chubut, Golfo San Jorge spot with macro tide and strong wind.
  • Km 3, Caleta Córdova and Punta Maqueda are rock names to plan around slack, not running tide.
  • The correct authority is Chubut provincial fishing; do not import Buenos Aires or Río Negro rules.

Best spearfishing spots in Comodoro Rivadavia

These are exposed rock marks. Treat port traffic, wind and current as part of the spot, not background noise.

SpotTypeDepthLevelAccessNotes
Restinga del Km 3 (Rada del Puerto)Urban rock in the harbour roadsteadShallow rockIntermediateKm 3 sector, exit checked before entryCabrilla and mero are noted. Convenient, but current and port activity need respect.
Caleta CórdovaNorthern rocky coast and pierShallow to mid-depthIntermediateNorth of ComodoroSea salmon and mero appear in the notes. Work it near slack.
Punta Maqueda (Punta Peligro)Exposed rocky pointMedium, sea dependentAdvanced cautionSouth sector, only on small seaIconic but cold and exposed, with corvina and mero. Do not enter if current or swell is uncertain.

Comodoro conditions and licence

The main timing tool is slack tide. Patagonia macro tide accelerates around points and makes a late exit tiring. West wind can clean the coast because it blows offshore, yet strong gusts can make boat work unsafe fast. Chubut is the correct province for the marine licence and catch limits. The inland-water ban applies to rivers and lakes, not this coast, but port restrictions and any local closure still override the day plan.

El Cóndor

Buenos Aires

  • Bahía Blanca (Ingeniero White)
  • Pehuen Có
  • Monte Hermoso
  • Reta
  • Claromecó
  • Necochea
  • Quequén
  • Miramar
  • Mar del Plata
  • Mar de las Pampas
  • Villa Gesell
  • Cariló
  • Pinamar
  • Mar del Tuyú
  • Santa Teresita
  • San Clemente del Tuyú

Tierra del Fuego

  • Ushuaia

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FAQ

Where can you spearfish in Comodoro?

Km 3, Caleta Córdova, Costa Comodoro and Punta Maqueda are the rock references.

What tide works best?

Slack tide. Avoid the middle of the macro-tide run.

Which province regulates it?

Chubut. Check the provincial fishing authority.

Is Punta Maqueda beginner-friendly?

No. It is exposed, cold and current-prone.

What fish are mentioned?

Sea salmon, mero, cabrilla and corvina, subject to local rules.

Sources

  • Gobierno del Chubut
  • Chubut, Secretaría de Pesca

Nearby towns

  • Camarones spearfishing guide
  • Puerto Deseado: forecast and spots
  • Puerto Madryn spearfishing guide
  • Playas Doradas spearfishing guide
  • Las Grutas spearfishing guide
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