Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 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
28.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 3AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)18s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
3
3
4
4
4
2
1
2
3
3
3
4
4
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313191818181717161616161616161515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29529029022922922238346467779010981366145214001411139313931375135811031059105910451045
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NE
5
ESE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
S
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
glassoffglassononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
1.82
3:07PM
2.02
3:30AM
1.83
3:44PM
2.04
4:09AM
1.82
4:21PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
0.22
8:54AM
0.24
9:27PM
0.17
9:32AM
0.23
10:05PM
0.15
10:09AM
0.24
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:52----
Sunset-------6:10-------6:10-------6:10
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
--221------1-------1211-
Temp. °C272726252830302827262626283030282726262627293029
Feels °C (?)303029273031313031292929313131303028292931313232
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