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La Paz surf break

La Paz surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 17 Jan 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
27.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at La Paz today?

The current surf forecast for La Paz at 10AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (17 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121212121212121212121512111515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)114114113111108891019998989898945555555653556153498685
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
5
NE
15
SSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
0
WSW
10
SW
5
NW
10
N
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglassoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
1.86
2:08PM
1.58
2:16AM
1.92
2:51PM
1.68
2:58AM
1.97
3:32PM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
0.41
7:58PM
0.52
8:45AM
0.33
8:43PM
0.47
9:23AM
0.27
9:25PM
0.42
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--6:24-------6:24-------6:24-----
Sunset----5:50-------5:50-------5:51---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232327292825252624242832312927252424273132282524
Feels °C (?)232328292826262624242834333227252424273231272423
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