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El Zonte Surf Forecast
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El Zonte surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 04 Sep 2025 CST
How big are the waves at El Zonte today?
The current surf forecast for El Zonte at 2AM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (05 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 15s |
| Evening (05 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at El Zonte. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 654 | 929 | 805 | 768 | 776 | 684 | 679 | 632 | 744 | 726 | 632 | 622 | 630 | 562 | 621 | 566 | 573 | 498 | 495 | 462 | 515 | 521 | 444 | 390 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- off | off | off | cross- on | cross- on | on | glass | cross | cross- on | glass | off | cross- on | cross- on | on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | on | cross- on | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:25AM 1.54 | 12:40PM 1.80 | 1:16AM 1.70 | 1:30PM 1.89 | 2:01AM 1.89 | 2:17PM 1.98 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:21AM 0.60 | 7:05PM 0.45 | 7:17AM 0.48 | 7:48PM 0.34 | 8:07AM 0.35 | |||||||||||||||||||
Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:04 |
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Rain (mm) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Temp. °C | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 |
| Feels °C (?) | 31 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Costa del Balsamo
Continuing clean conditions at El Zonte (calm at San Salvador 32 km from El Zonte). 0.9m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 11s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
32 km away, 40 min ago
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