Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 22 Feb 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
27.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 7PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (22 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
W
0.4
SSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121212121212121210121010101016161616161091515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1019871969671565656484850527375711001461006546455685
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
10
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:19PM
2.10
6:39AM
1.77
7:06PM
2.05
7:29AM
1.68
7:59PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
0.14
12:39AM
0.20
12:42PM
0.19
1:30AM
0.26
1:32PM
0.26
2:27AM
0.33
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset---6:06-------6:06-------6:06----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C293030282628282729323230282625252730302723222121
Feels °C (?)313030302828282627313229262421202328292319191920
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