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La Bocana surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 06 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
27.0° 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 6AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121215141414141313131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)133129129127969694947954799291888711611611413413010399118118
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
N
10
NE
15
N
5
NNE
10
S
15
S
5
N
10
NNW
5
N
5
N
10
N
0
E
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
SE
15
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		offglassononoffoffoffoffoffglassoncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
2.16
5:54PM
2.12
6:06AM
2.04
6:40PM
2.08
6:53AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:11PM
0.18
11:37AM
0.04
12:02AM
0.25
12:22PM
0.13
12:52AM
0.34
1:05PM
0.25
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----6:22-------6:22-------6:22---
Sunset------5:44-------5:45-------5:45-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242423222729282425242423282927252424242428282725
Feels °C (?)252523212829282525242423302928262525252529282927
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