Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 25 Feb 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
27.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 1PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151515141414171616161616161515151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)568584848484666564119155153151153371387439353318344405394465389
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
0
NE
15
SSW
10
SW
10
W
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
W
15
NW
15
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
W
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26AM
1.59
9:00PM
1.89
9:34AM
1.53
10:09PM
1.82
10:49AM
1.53
11:22PM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:27AM
0.33
2:30PM
0.34
3:33AM
0.39
3:39PM
0.41
4:45AM
0.41
4:55PM
0.44
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise--6:18-------6:16-------6:16-----
Sunset-----6:07-------6:07-------6:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212126272725242424232728282725242424282929272525
Feels °C (?)182026262625242424232828282927252525292929282726
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