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Playa San Diego surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 CST
How big are the waves at Playa San Diego today?
The current surf forecast for Playa San Diego at 3PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (CST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (15 Oct) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
| Evening (15 Oct) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Playa San Diego. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 3 AM | 6 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 170 | 120 | 118 | 96 | 96 | 96 | 116 | 96 | 128 | 182 | 276 | 395 | 480 | 469 | 464 | 459 | 453 | 487 | 627 | 788 | 798 | 798 | 627 | 620 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | cross | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | off | off | glass | on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 9:12AM 1.81 | 9:59PM 1.71 | 10:24AM 1.73 | 11:08PM 1.74 | 11:32AM 1.72 | 12:08AM 1.81 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:40PM 0.43 | 4:12AM 0.55 | 4:48PM 0.47 | 5:24AM 0.54 | 5:49PM 0.47 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 |
| Sunset | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:36 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 27 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Feels °C (?) | 31 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Costa del Balsamo
Continuing clean conditions at Playa San Diego (light winds from the N.(Wind varies from 290 to 050 degs) at Ilopango/San Salvador Airport 30 km from Playa San Diego). 0.6m 11s groundswell from the SW with a 0.6m 8s swell, also from the SW and a 0.4m 9s swell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
30 km away, 2 h 25 min ago
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