- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Playa San Diego Surf Forecast
/ Costa del Balsamo (17 surf breaks) /
Playa San Diego surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 12 Aug 2025 CST
How big are the waves at Playa San Diego today?
The current surf forecast for Playa San Diego at 7AM is: 1.2m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Aug) | 4ft (1.2m) | 17s |
| Afternoon (12 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 16s |
| Evening (12 Aug) | 4ft (1.2m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Playa San Diego. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tuesday 12 | Wednesday 13 | Thursday 14 | Fri 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 1334 | 1029 | 1021 | 849 | 788 | 770 | 822 | 853 | 970 | 881 | 695 | 676 | 721 | 631 | 603 | 551 | 496 | 496 | 505 | 464 | 463 | 452 | 453 | 446 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | off | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | off | off | off | off | glass | on | cross- on | cross | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:37AM 2.14 | 4:51PM 2.06 | 5:19AM 2.21 | 5:35PM 2.02 | 6:03AM 2.23 | 6:22PM 1.95 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:47AM 0.20 | 11:01PM 0.10 | 11:33AM 0.18 | 11:43PM 0.11 | 12:21PM 0.19 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 12 | Wednesday 13 | Thursday 14 | Fri 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:19 | - | - |
 |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  | | | | | |  | |
Rain (mm) | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Temp. °C | 25 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
| Feels °C (?) | 29 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 30 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Costa del Balsamo
Continuing clean conditions at Playa San Diego (calm at EL Salvador International Airport 23 km from Playa San Diego). 1.0m 17s long period groundswell from the SW with a 0.8m 6s windswell from the SSE and a 0.6m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
23 km away, 2 h 34 min ago
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Playa San Diego surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest