La Paz surf break

La Paz surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 12 Apr 2026 CST
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La Paz surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Paz sea temperature is
29.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at La Paz today?

The current surf forecast for La Paz at 10AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s

Table - waves today at La Paz. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515141414141414141414141414141516161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)372372372330330325325261257312303290286286290299372382387387382358344348
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
S
15
S
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
15
NNE
15
N
5
NE
15
SSW
15
S
10
W
10
NW
5
NW
10
N
10
NNE
0
ESE
20
S
15
SSW
10
W
15
WNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
1.52
10:40PM
1.60
11:22AM
1.63
11:42PM
1.65
12:15PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
0.63
4:25PM
0.72
5:01AM
0.61
5:33PM
0.64
5:54AM
0.54
6:31PM
0.51
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-5:46-------5:45-------5:45------
Sunset-----6:08-------6:09-------6:09--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C272631333128292827263131302828282726313130282828
Feels °C (?)272532343230313028263331323131312927333032303031
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