El Zonte surf break

El Zonte surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 CST
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El Zonte surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Zonte sea temperature is
29.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at El Zonte today?

The current surf forecast for El Zonte at 8AM is: 2.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (16 Sep)6ft (1.8m)15s
Evening (16 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151515151515151515141414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)153119481772172814311374116111611145116112091274113910671024845834530538529352662561514
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
N
0
SW
10
SSW
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
10
NE
10
N
5
NNE
5
NE
10
S
5
WSW
5
W
10
N
15
N
15
E
10
E
5
NE
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offglassonglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:28AM
1.88
10:11PM
1.63
10:41AM
1.82
11:25PM
1.66
11:51AM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:03AM
0.45
4:01PM
0.44
4:19AM
0.52
5:13PM
0.45
5:34AM
0.52
6:17PM
0.42
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise-5:46-------5:46-------5:46------
Sunset----5:58-------5:57-------5:57---
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1---11243---111322-11--1
Temp. °C262629282828272525262728282726252525262828272726
Feels °C (?)292933303131302728303131323129272729303231313230
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Costa del Balsamo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at El Zonte (calm at San Salvador 32 km from El Zonte). 1.8m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 7s swell from the S. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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