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Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
27.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 9AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121414141413131313131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)129969696969493102999291888711611611417013012499118118149152
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
SSW
10
S
0
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
W
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
5
W
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		glassoncross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
2.05
5:54PM
2.00
6:05AM
1.94
6:41PM
1.97
6:52AM
1.81
7:27PM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:37AM
0.03
12:02AM
0.24
12:22PM
0.12
12:52AM
0.32
1:05PM
0.23
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise--6:24-------6:24-------6:24-----
Sunset----5:45-------5:46-------5:46---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232226282826242424242729282624242424272828262525
Feels °C (?)232126272828242525252929282825262525292929282727
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