Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 19 Apr 2026 CST
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Acajutla surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Acajutla sea temperature is
29.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 10PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)--
Afternoon (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

Table - waves today at Acajutla. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
3
3
2
3
3
0
0
3
2
2
3
3
3
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414141414141313131817171717161616161616151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)573465459452446446427342312331318433534528510870803838783827926766716660
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
5
SW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
SSE
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
N
5
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:03PM
2.28
4:33AM
1.92
4:51PM
2.25
5:22AM
1.90
5:41PM
2.18
6:14AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:28PM
-0.04
10:33AM
0.05
11:16PM
-0.02
11:23AM
0.09
12:07AM
0.04
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-----5:43-------5:43-------5:41--
Sunset-6:13-------6:13-------6:13------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------11-
Temp. °C292928282828303231292828272730313029282827273030
Feels °C (?)313231323131313232333130292931313131313129293231
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