Cabo Corrientes is a rocky headland between the Playa Chica and Varese beaches, about two kilometres south of the casino. It's one of the few undeveloped stretches of rocky shoreline in the resort area — a jagged natural point that breaks the long run of sandy beaches. The lighthouse above the rocks is a city landmark and can be seen from most of the central beachfront.
The area around the cape is popular with surfers, who benefit from the wave-bending effect of the rocky bottom. The clifftop walk above Cabo Corrientes, running south toward Playa Grande, passes a series of Tudor Revival summer villas built in the 1920s and 1930s for the Buenos Aires elite — a vestige of Mar del Plata's earlier aristocratic character. Most are now apartments or guesthouses, but the architecture is striking.