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El Zunzal surf break

El Zunzal surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 CST
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El Zunzal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's El Zunzal sea temperature is
26.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at El Zunzal today?

The current surf forecast for El Zunzal at 11PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)--
Afternoon (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (04 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
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)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.5
W
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
SSW
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)77131313111111121212121212111091111991188
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)625666343447485054555656552725354324232928233235
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
5
SW
15
WSW
15
NW
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
5
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
N
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
10
NNE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffononcross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffoffon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:44PM
2.17
4:58AM
2.10
5:26PM
2.17
5:40AM
2.01
6:07PM
2.12
6:22AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:53PM
0.17
11:11AM
0.08
11:38PM
0.21
11:50AM
0.16
12:22AM
0.28
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise------6:22-------6:22-------6:22-
Sunset5:59-------5:59--------6:00------
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)
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Temp. °C262423222222273030292524232226292826242221202529
Feels °C (?)242422202020253029282221201924292726232119182429
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