Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 04 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
27.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 7PM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (04 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141313131313131313131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)478472472472389384357342336273273273273269242238178169169213213169169167
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNE
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
SE
20
S
15
SSW
10
W
10
NNW
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
2.03
3:54AM
1.95
4:16PM
2.07
4:34AM
1.92
4:54PM
2.06
5:13AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
0.13
9:49PM
0.16
10:02AM
0.13
10:31PM
0.14
10:40AM
0.15
11:11PM
0.17
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise6:13-------6:13-------6:11-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:07-------6:07----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C293029282626262629292927262525252829292726252626
Feels °C (?)312929302928282831293029282827273029302929272929
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