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La Bocana surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 24 Jan 2026 CST
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La Bocana surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's La Bocana sea temperature is
27.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at La Bocana today?

The current surf forecast for La Bocana at 10PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 24). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)--
Afternoon (24 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (24 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121415131313131313131212121212121413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9898989812084145195198198151149145175131129127127127289238195195195
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
WNW
10
NW
10
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
0
SE
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43PM
2.08
6:57AM
1.82
7:29PM
2.08
7:47AM
1.74
8:20PM
2.05
8:44AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:22PM
0.23
12:59AM
0.35
1:04PM
0.27
1:50AM
0.38
1:51PM
0.32
2:48AM
0.41
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise------6:24-------6:24-------6:24-
Sunset5:53-------5:53-------5:54-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272525252524282827252524242428292826262625242932
Feels °C (?)292727272725292929282827272631303030282726252933
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