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El Zonte surf break

El Zonte surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 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
28.9° 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 3AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s 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 (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (19 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
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
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131612131313141414131315151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)421347347347181186206171224181186147239207265204181217171171169167162127
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
N
5
E
15
S
0
S
5
WSW
10
NW
10
N
15
NNE
15
N
5
NE
20
S
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
20
S
15
S
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglassonglassglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffoffononcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
1.95
3:06PM
2.15
3:27AM
2.01
3:47PM
2.26
4:09AM
2.04
4:28PM
2.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:39PM
0.28
8:51AM
0.23
9:22PM
0.16
9:31AM
0.15
10:05PM
0.08
10:11AM
0.10
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise----6:01-------6:01-------6:01---
Sunset-------6:07-------6:07-------6:07
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282726252930282827272625293028272726252428292827
Feels °C (?)292826253130313129282625302929292925242327272828
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