Los Cobanos surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 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
29.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Los Cobanos today?

The current surf forecast for Los Cobanos at 11AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (20 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

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Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
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
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515151514141414141414141818181816161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)523509405297365385421414365461510501494516469528521511426448454539551548
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NNE
0
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
S
10
WSW
10
W
5
N
10
NE
5
N
5
N
5
E
5
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00PM
1.84
12:40AM
1.60
1:02PM
1.87
1:39AM
1.70
1:57PM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:35AM
0.43
6:33PM
0.34
6:43AM
0.40
7:30PM
0.28
7:43AM
0.34
8:19PM
0.22
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
Sunrise-5:47-------5:47-------5:47------
Sunset-----6:17-------6:16-------6:16--
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part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------1231-----12-------
Temp. °C262628282929282726262828292828272526272829282827
Feels °C (?)302933313234333129293231323132302929303132313231
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Costa del Balsamo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Los Cobanos (calm at Santa Ana/El Palmer Airport 55 km from Los Cobanos). 0.7m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.5m 6s windswell, also from the SSW and a 0.5m 12s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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