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Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 CST
How big are the waves at Acajutla today?
The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 11AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (20 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
| Evening (20 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Acajutla. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Sat 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 570 | 561 | 465 | 371 | 369 | 420 | 412 | 378 | 400 | 517 | 611 | 602 | 557 | 563 | 594 | 606 | 591 | 574 | 540 | 503 | 525 | 619 | 672 | 662 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- off | off | glass | glass | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:00PM 1.84 | 12:40AM 1.60 | 1:02PM 1.87 | 1:39AM 1.70 | 1:57PM 1.90 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:35AM 0.43 | 6:33PM 0.34 | 6:43AM 0.40 | 7:30PM 0.28 | 7:43AM 0.34 | 8:19PM 0.22 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Sat 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 6:17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 26 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Feels °C (?) | 30 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Costa del Balsamo
Continuing clean conditions at Acajutla (calm at Santa Ana/El Palmer Airport 51 km from Acajutla). 0.7m 15s groundswell from the SW with a 0.5m 6s windswell from the SSW and a 0.5m 12s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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