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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 31 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
27.5° 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 12PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
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)
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131312121212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)220207204225222222219195192189181172172175175172169129129129129129115117
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
WSW
15
SW
10
WNW
10
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
10
NNW
15
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
0
N
10
SSW
5
SW
15
N
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglasscross-
on		crossoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffglassonglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
2.06
1:21PM
1.78
1:42AM
2.12
2:19PM
1.91
2:37AM
2.17
3:11PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
0.25
7:23PM
0.31
8:10AM
0.16
8:22PM
0.23
9:00AM
0.08
9:16PM
0.18
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise--6:24-------6:24-------6:22-----
Sunset----5:57-------5:57-------5:57---
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)
------------------------
Temp. °C232227303028262422212529302519191818232829252220
Feels °C (?)232127312928242220182127272113131314202727262018
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