Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 24 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
27.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 9AM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)10101616161610915151515151514141417161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5473100146100654628568584848484536564119155153151153371387
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
10
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NE
5
N
10
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
0
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
10
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
1.68
7:59PM
1.97
8:26AM
1.59
9:00PM
1.89
9:34AM
1.53
10:09PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
0.26
1:32PM
0.26
2:27AM
0.33
2:30PM
0.34
3:33AM
0.39
3:39PM
0.41
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise--6:18-------6:18-------6:16-----
Sunset-----6:06-------6:07-------6:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242426303027242322212627272624242423272828262524
Feels °C (?)192022272924212020202626272724242523292729282724
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