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La Bocana surfForecast / Costa del Balsamo / El Salvador

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 14 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)

How big are the waves at La Bocana today?

The current surf forecast for La Bocana at 9PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)--
Afternoon (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)7s
Evening (14 Jan)2ft (0.6m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)7666610161616161514141414141414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)474125231328244925245581818181817973118116114114113111
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
S
15
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
N
15
NNE
0
SSW
15
S
5
WSW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
N
5
NE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		glassonglassoffcross-
off		offoffoffglassonglasscross-
off		offoffoffglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46PM
1.77
12:25PM
1.45
12:40AM
1.80
1:19PM
1.51
1:30AM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
0.65
6:28AM
0.55
6:16PM
0.63
7:19AM
0.48
7:09PM
0.58
8:04AM
0.41
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise------6:24-------6:24-------6:24-
Sunset5:47-------5:49-------5:49-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282525252424283029262625232326303025252423222729
Feels °C (?)282626262424293129292725222225313027252423212829
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