Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 07 Mar 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 12AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (08 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
2
2
3
3
4
4
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212121511151111112322222221202020
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1641471471451451091091471471091251021071009812821542352666271894711111100
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
0
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
N
5
E
15
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNE
5
SE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononcrossglasscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
2.02
5:52AM
1.77
6:10PM
1.94
6:30AM
1.67
6:49PM
1.84
7:11AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:50PM
0.22
11:54AM
0.27
12:29AM
0.30
12:30PM
0.36
1:10AM
0.39
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise------6:11-------6:11-------6:09-
Sunset-6:07-------6:07-------6:08------
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1-----1--------------
Temp. °C292726252526283029282726262529303028262726252930
Feels °C (?)302929282829313231313030292732313131292928263130
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