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El Zunzal Surf Forecast
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El Zunzal surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 CST
How big are the waves at El Zunzal today?
The current surf forecast for El Zunzal at 11PM is: 1.7m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 6ft (1.8m) | 15s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at El Zunzal. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1431 | 1374 | 1161 | 1161 | 1145 | 1161 | 1209 | 1274 | 1139 | 1067 | 1024 | 845 | 834 | 530 | 538 | 529 | 352 | 662 | 561 | 514 | 434 | 299 | 299 | 299 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | off | cross- off | off | glass | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:11PM 1.63 | 10:41AM 1.82 | 11:25PM 1.66 | 11:51AM 1.81 | 12:30AM 1.75 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:01PM 0.44 | 4:19AM 0.52 | 5:13PM 0.45 | 5:34AM 0.52 | 6:17PM 0.42 | 6:40AM 0.47 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - |
| Sunset | 5:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Feels °C (?) | 31 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 30 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Costa del Balsamo
Continuing clean conditions at El Zunzal (calm at San Salvador 31 km from El Zunzal). 1.8m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.9m 7s swell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
31 km away, 1 h 2 min ago
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