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Los Cobanos surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 CST
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Los Cobanos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Los Cobanos sea temperature is
27.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Los Cobanos today?

The current surf forecast for Los Cobanos at 5PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

Table - waves today at Los Cobanos. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
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
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121213131313131312121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)103999898989996136108111111147147142133989694949494949493
Wind
(km/h)
0
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
W
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
0
WNW
10
S
10
SW
10
W
10
NNW
5
N
10
N
10
NE
5
NE
15
S
15
S
5
W
10
NW
10
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:52AM
1.81
7:27PM
1.91
7:40AM
1.67
8:14PM
1.83
8:30AM
1.55
9:02PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:05PM
0.23
1:43AM
0.41
1:49PM
0.35
2:36AM
0.48
2:35PM
0.45
3:31AM
0.54
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise6:24-------6:24-------6:24-------
Sunset--5:46-------5:47-------5:47-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262727262525242426262727262625252728282626262625
Feels °C (?)282828272627242529272829282927262828282928262725
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