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Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 17 Jan 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
27.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 10PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121212121212121210151515151515141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9289101999898989894797979535278618786868686817170
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:07PM
1.49
2:15AM
1.82
2:51PM
1.57
2:57AM
1.87
3:31PM
1.66
3:37AM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56PM
0.49
8:45AM
0.32
8:41PM
0.44
9:23AM
0.26
9:24PM
0.40
9:59AM
0.22
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------6:26-------6:26-------6:26-
Sunset5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292625252525293131292727262529313230272524242830
Feels °C (?)302826252626303333312727252528302928262423242832
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