Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 01 Mar 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
27.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 1PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)21s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
3
0
1
1
2
2
3
2
3
1
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313212119191818181717171616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)273246195192192186147248274406385368454475556537422412487612706581519428
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
ESE
15
S
10
SSW
5
SW
10
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
15
S
15
SSW
10
W
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NE
5
NE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
1.83
1:09PM
1.71
1:31AM
1.88
2:04PM
1.84
2:24AM
1.93
2:52PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:59AM
0.31
7:16PM
0.34
7:52AM
0.23
8:13PM
0.27
8:40AM
0.17
9:03PM
0.20
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise--6:15-------6:15-------6:13-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:07-------6:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252529303027262626252931292826272725293129282626
Feels °C (?)262630293130272726242930293027282826313130302828
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