The sea was lower than expected at Playa Grande today for the second day of the Rip Curl Pro. The organizers decided to wait until midday to start the event, hoping that the tide would help the sea to improve.

The decision did not change the scene much, but it was a pleasant afternoon, with the sun shining, the beach filling up and very inconsistent waves but several moments of brilliance. Yanca Costa from Brazil was the protagonist of the main event, scoring 14,75 on average, the highest of the event and with the best wave of the two categories (8,25). The local Lucía Cosoletto showed the best of her powerful backside and scored 13,35 (7,50+5,85), which was the second best total of the day.

For her part, Sofía Mulanovich, a specialist in solid and tubular waves, found in Argentina very small waves but also a good competitive strategy and good surfing. “It's been a while since I surfed such small waves,” she said when she got out of the water. She came in first after facing her friend Ornella Pellizzari (ARG).

Finally, in the category of victims of inconsistency was the Brazilian Tainá Hinckel, vice-champion of the junior South American championship, who finished her series needing 2,20. The visible anger of her coach somewhat marred the pleasant sunny afternoon that ended in Mar del Plata. That series was won by the great local talent of 14 years, Coco Cianciarulo and Evelyn Gontier.

The wave forecast has now become a challenge for the organizers, the swell that was expected for the end of the week has been dissipating, so it seems that the organizers will closely monitor every movement of the sea to see if the call is made or not.

This is how the ladies series were determined
S1: Dominic Barona vs Sol Aguirre vs Nicole Fulford vs Julia Duarte
S2: Camila Cassia vs Ruana Vidda Silva vs Lucia Cosoletto vs Jessica Anderson
S3: Josefina Ané vs Ornella Pellizzari vs Yanca Costa vs Evelyn Gontier
S4: Sofia Mulanovich vs Catalina Mercere vs Flavia Cianciarulo vs Lucia Indurain

So those of men
S1: Armando Lins vs Caetano Vargas vs Gustavo Bertotto vs Leonardo Berbet
S2: Diego Aguiar vs Alan Donato vs Jihad Kodr vs Facundo Arreyes
S3: Lele Usuna vs Roberto Araki vs Leonardo Barcelos vs Julian Serres
S4: Fernando Junior vs José Neto vs Alex Lima vs Luan Carvalho
S5: Samuel Pupo vs Daniel Templar vs Adrián García vs Mateus Sena
S6: Daniel Adisaka vs. Juan Ruggiero vs. Alax Soares vs. Nicolás Vargas
S7: Mateus Herdy vs Nahuel Rull vs Vitor Mendes vs Renan Peres
S8: Joao Abreu vs. Wesley Santos vs. Martín Passeri vs. Igor Moraes