Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 07 Oct 2025 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
28.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 5AM is: 0.6m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (08 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (08 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1.1
W
0.9
SSW
1
W
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)141113111313131616161512121212141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)373297269240224212209302295196174156172150189366336345345350242242189170
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
ESE
10
S
10
SSW
0
SW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
W
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
ESE
10
SSE
5
WSW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crossglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:55AM
2.24
3:22PM
1.96
3:42AM
2.31
4:09PM
1.98
4:29AM
2.31
4:57PM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37PM
0.10
9:18AM
-0.01
9:23PM
0.03
10:05AM
-0.07
10:10PM
0.00
10:53AM
-0.06
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
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Sunset------5:44-------5:44-------5:43-
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Rain (mm)
1-1------21-------111-1-
Temp. °C262625252828282727262625272828272726262628292827
Feels °C (?)303028283231323232303028303232313129292931323231
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Costa del Balsamo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Acajutla (light winds from the NE.(Wind varies from 010 to 080 degs) at EL Salvador International Airport 91 km from Acajutla). 1.1m 11s groundswell from the W with a 0.8m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.6m 7s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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