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Acajutla surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 20 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
27.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Acajutla today?

The current surf forecast for Acajutla at 1AM is: 0.4m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (21 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (21 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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)
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)141814181717161616161616151515141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)104105123120115157175173402397392310199142188330330325264257236225225222
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSE
15
SW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
5
NE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
0
NE
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:10PM
1.75
4:15AM
1.91
4:47PM
1.83
4:53AM
1.90
5:24PM
1.90
5:32AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:06PM
0.36
10:33AM
0.19
10:47PM
0.34
11:08AM
0.18
11:29PM
0.32
11:43AM
0.19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise------6:26-------6:26-------6:26-
Sunset5:52-------5:53-------5:53-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C302826252524283030272625242428292926252524242829
Feels °C (?)312625242423283130292725252429292927272625253028
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