Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 02 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 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 9AM is: 0.8m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (02 Mar)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (02 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)17s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)191918181817171716161616161515151515141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)274406385368454475556537422412487612706581519422422411478472394394389384
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
E
15
SSW
15
SW
15
W
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
ENE
15
S
15
SSW
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
E
20
SSW
15
S
10
WSW
10
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
1.88
2:04PM
1.84
2:24AM
1.93
2:52PM
1.95
3:11AM
1.95
3:36PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:52AM
0.23
8:13PM
0.27
8:40AM
0.17
9:03PM
0.20
9:23AM
0.13
9:49PM
0.16
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise--6:15-------6:13-------6:13-----
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
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252529302927262626252931302826262625293029272526
Feels °C (?)242530293028262727263031313128282725312930302728
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