Overview
- The fatality was identified in local reports as Yair Amir Manno Núñez, 29, who was swept into rocks at Santa Clara del Mar.
- Roughly 35 people suffered mostly minor injuries and a separate patient treated after a cardiac event was reported out of danger.
- The surge affected beaches in Santa Clara del Mar, Mar Chiquita, Camet and Mar del Plata, triggering evacuations and extensive rescue operations.
- Witnesses and videos showed the sea retreating abruptly before a fast-rising wall of water swept bathers and beach gear inland.
- Specialists describe the episode as a probable meteotsunami pending confirmation, with a noted discrepancy between eyewitness height estimates of about five meters and official readings of a little over one meter in Santa Clara.