Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 21 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
27.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 12PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
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
0.6
W
0.4
SSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131212121212121212121012101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17511411317214711110910910910810198719696715656566848485350
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
0
WNW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
N
25
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
1.90
5:36PM
2.11
5:54AM
1.85
6:19PM
2.10
6:39AM
1.77
7:06PM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:17AM
0.12
11:53PM
0.17
11:58AM
0.14
12:39AM
0.20
12:42PM
0.19
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise--6:20-------6:18-------6:18-----
Sunset-----6:06-------6:06-------6:06--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252528292927252525252931302727282827293232302726
Feels °C (?)252528292928262726263132302929282726273031282423
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