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El Zonte surf break

El Zonte surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 31 Jan 2026 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
27.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at El Zonte today?

The current surf forecast for El Zonte at 4AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 31). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 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 (01 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (01 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (01 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121212121212121212131398812
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2462461921891781721721751751721691291291291151151151191291291561129682
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
25
NNE
5
NNW
20
N
30
NNE
35
NNE
35
N
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
0
N
5
SSW
5
WNW
20
NNE
25
N
20
N
20
NNE
5
NE
10
SSW
15
SW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffglassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassonglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		ononcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
2.12
2:19PM
1.90
2:37AM
2.16
3:11PM
2.03
3:27AM
2.18
3:59PM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
0.16
8:22PM
0.24
9:00AM
0.08
9:16PM
0.18
9:46AM
0.04
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise----6:24-------6:24-------6:24---
Sunset------5:58-------5:58-------5:58-
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. °C262523222529302420201919232829262120191923262524
Feels °C (?)232120192229271914141415192728261816161622242325
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