Puerto Madryn is situated in the Province of Chubut, on the Golfo Nuevo’s western coast.

Due to Golfo Nuevo is practically surrounded by coastal formations, such as Península de Valdes, the city has a natural overcoat in front of the pounding of oceanic waters. This protection and the depth of the gulf provide the ideal conditions to lodge port installations destined for huge boats and also for smaller boats, because of  the low roughness of its waters.

The Golfo Nuevo’s shape is similar to an ellipse whose bigger diameter has 65 Kms. The entrance mouth is small and scarcely surpass 15 Kms. The borders of the gulf show stretches of escarpments and stretches of beaches. In all of them, the sea coast has a beach that falls in a soft downgrade to the interior, generally reaching 10 m of depth to a distance of 1000 m.

In the open sea (outside Golfo Nuevo) is extended the Argentinean Sea with its important ichthyic richness. This sea opens itself to the South Atlantic Ocean and communicate Puerto Madryn with all the shipping routes of the area.

The Almirante Storni pier is situated outside Golfo Nuevo’s coast.
The pier has a viaduct that is approximately 1.200 m. long.

4 kilometres to the south, in front of the downtown, is situated the tourist pier called: Comandante Luis Piedra Buena. This pier was inaugurated in October 2003 for cruiser industry.

National and provincial routes

Puerto Madryn is connected with the rest of the province and the country through these routes:

Ruta Nacional Nº 3: This is the main national route of the patagonian coast which joins Buenos Aires with Ushuaia. This route connects Puerto Madryn with some southern sities, such as: Trelew, Comodoro Rivadavia, Caleta Olivia and Río Gallegos; and some northern cities, such as: Viedma, Bahía Blanca and Buenos Aires.

Ruta Provincial Nº 1: This route joins the Chubut coast with the settlements situated between Puerto Lobos (in the limit with the province of Rio Negro) and Comodoro Rivadavia, going through Rawson and Camarones.

Ruta Provincial Nº 4: This route joins Puerto Madryn with the Chubut’s occidental region. Through it you come to Telse, Gastre and El Maitén in which there’s a junction that connects with the national rout Nº 40..

Air route

Puerto Madryn has a legally authorized airport for national flights and it is included in the group of airports which exploitation was given in concession to a private operator. The Trelew International Airport is also available.