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Soul surfing, K59 and 61

9:20 am 3 Apr 2010

Punta Roca. El Salvador Central America

2:56 pm 4 Jul 2010

La Paz ratings
Quality on a good day: 4.0
Consistency of surf: 4.0
Difficulty level: 1.0
Crowds: 3.0

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La Paz Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(El-Salvador – Costa del Balsamo)

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Name: La Paz
Type: reef and point
Reliability: consistent
Best Swell: SSW Offshore Wind: NNE

La Paz in Costa del Balsamo is an exposed reef and point break that has dependable surf Ideal winds are from the north northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the south southwest. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Beware of rips, rocks, locals and pollution.

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Overall La Paz Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to La Paz:

  (click location name for more details)
Closest break Fishermans Point 1 mi
Second closest break Punta Roca 1 mi
Third closest break The Pier 1 mi
Fourth closest break Playa Concholio 2 mi
Fifth closest break Comasagua Point 2 mi

Wave buoys nearest to La Paz:

Closest wave buoy Yucatan Basin Buoy 522 mi
Second closest wave buoy Western Caribbean Buoy 571 mi
Third closest wave buoy Bay of Campeche Buoy 665 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy Mid Gulf Buoy 855 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy East Gulf Buoy 892 mi

Tide stations nearest to La Paz:

Closest tide station Rio Dulce entrance, Guatemala 166 mi
Second closest tide station Punta Gorda, Belize 184 mi
Third closest tide station Punta Gorda, Belize (2) 184 mi
Fourth closest tide station Puerto Cortes, Honduras 186 mi
Fifth closest tide station Puerto Castilla, Honduras 280 mi

snow forecast website

Ski Resorts closest to La Paz:

Closest ski area Sky Valley (United States) 1533 mi
Second closest ski area Scaly Mountain (United States) 1537 mi
Third closest ski area Cataloochee (United States) 1573 mi
Fourth closest ski area Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort (United States) 1578 mi
Fifth closest ski area Wolf Laurel (United States) 1600 mi

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Town and city forecasts close to La Paz:

Closest city location La Libertad (El Salvador) 1 mi
Second closest city location Zaragoza (El Salvador) 7 mi
Third closest city location Rosario de Mora (El Salvador) 9 mi
Fourth closest city location Nuevo Cuscatlan (El Salvador) 12 mi
Fifth closest city location Panchimalco (El Salvador) 12 mi
  • The nearest passenger airport to La Paz is El Salvador International (San Salvador) Airport (SAL) in El Salvador, which is 28 km (17 miles) away (directly).
  • The second closest airport to La Paz is La Aurora (Guatemala City) Airport (GUA) in Guatemala, 179 km (111 miles) away.
La Paz break location map and break info
This is the Surf-Forecast page for La Paz, El-Salvador - Costa del Balsamo. Use the tab navigation above to view La Paz sea temperature, La Paz photographs, La Paz detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, La Paz webcams, current wind from El-Salvador - Costa del Balsamo live weather stations and La Paz tide predictions. The El Salvador swell maps link will open up the big picture showing El Salvador and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from El Salvador wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around La Paz.