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La Bocana surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 10 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
27.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)
Nearby Cam: 7km away, Puerto de La Libertad

How big are the waves at La Bocana today?

The current surf forecast for La Bocana at 7PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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)
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1313131312121212121212121212111191091111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1701701701621521491479494949494949385594749473731303031
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
SSE
20
S
0
WNW
15
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
0
NE
5
SE
10
WNW
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffglassonglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:14PM
1.93
8:30AM
1.64
9:02PM
1.85
9:25AM
1.53
9:54PM
1.79
10:24AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
0.37
2:35AM
0.51
2:36PM
0.49
3:31AM
0.57
3:26PM
0.58
4:30AM
0.60
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise------6:22-------6:22-------6:24-
Sunset5:45-------5:46-------5:46-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262626252423283130272624232327313127262423222730
Feels °C (?)292828272523293330312624222327323328272423212731
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