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8:30 am 16 Feb 2012


Los Cabanos ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 5.0
Difficulty level: 1.0
Crowds: 3.0

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Los Cabanos Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(El-Salvador – Costa del Balsamo)

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Name: Los Cabanos
Type: beach
Reliability: very consistent
Best Swell: SW Offshore Wind: NE

Los Cabanos in Costa del Balsamo is an exposed beach break that has very consistent waves and works all around the year. The best wind direction is from the northeast. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. The beach break provides left and right handers. Best around low tide. When it's working here, it can get crowded. Take special care here if it gets very crowded.

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Overall Los Cabanos Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Los Cabanos:

  (click location name for more details)
Closest break Acajulta 6 mi
Second closest break Mizata 9 mi
Third closest break K59 and 61 20 mi
Fourth closest break El Zonte 25 mi
Fifth closest break El Zunzal 27 mi

Wave buoys nearest to Los Cabanos:

Closest wave buoy Yucatan Basin Buoy 538 mi
Second closest wave buoy Western Caribbean Buoy 600 mi
Third closest wave buoy Bay of Campeche Buoy 646 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy Mid Gulf Buoy 850 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy West Gulf Buoy 879 mi

Tide stations nearest to Los Cabanos:

Closest tide station Rio Dulce entrance, Guatemala 172 mi
Second closest tide station Punta Gorda, Belize 190 mi
Third closest tide station Punta Gorda, Belize (2) 190 mi
Fourth closest tide station Puerto Cortes, Honduras 202 mi
Fifth closest tide station Belize City, Belize 295 mi

snow forecast website

Ski Resorts closest to Los Cabanos:

Closest ski area Cloudmont (United States) 1490 mi
Second closest ski area Mount Pleasant (United States) 1521 mi
Third closest ski area Sky Valley (United States) 1537 mi
Fourth closest ski area Scaly Mountain (United States) 1541 mi
Fifth closest ski area Sapphire Valley (United States) 1553 mi

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Town and city forecasts close to Los Cabanos:

Closest city location Acajutla (El Salvador) 3 mi
Second closest city location San Antonio del Monte (El Salvador) 14 mi
Third closest city location Guaymango (El Salvador) 14 mi
Fourth closest city location Sonsonate (El Salvador) 14 mi
Fifth closest city location Sonzacate (El Salvador) 16 mi
  • The nearest passenger airport to Los Cabanos is El Salvador International (San Salvador) Airport (SAL) in El Salvador, which is 84 km (52 miles) away (directly).
  • The second closest airport to Los Cabanos is La Aurora (Guatemala City) Airport (GUA) in Guatemala, 138 km (86 miles) away.
Los Cabanos break location map and break info
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Los Cabanos, El-Salvador - Costa del Balsamo. Use the tab navigation above to view Los Cabanos sea temperature, Los Cabanos photographs, Los Cabanos detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Los Cabanos webcams, current wind from El-Salvador - Costa del Balsamo live weather stations and Los Cabanos 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 Los Cabanos.