| The Republic of El Salvador is located in Central
America bordered by Guatemala to the west, Honduras
to the north, Nicaragua to the east and 320 miles
of Pacific Ocean to the South. The topography consists
of lush mountain ranges, volcanoes, farmlands and
a narrow coastal belt featuring some of the most
beautiful beaches and right hand point breaks in
the world.
The thought of El Salvador often conjures thoughts
of civil war, political strife, poverty and danger;
however, much has changed over the past 12 years
and El Salvador now offers an entirely new experience.
As with many underdeveloped countries, poverty
and drugs do promote robbery and petty theft in
certain areas, but when traveling with local bi-lingual
guides at all times your safety is assured as
priority one.
El Salvador has two seasons, dry and wet.
The dry season of November through April typically
sees offshore winds, sunny skies and consistent
surf in the chest to head high range. Although
less frequent then in the wet season, large swells
do roll through this time of year.
The wet season months of May through October
see the largest and most consistent swells with
average wave height in the head high+ range, with
the larger 8’-12’ swells coming through
fairly consistently. The weather patterns at this
time of year see glassy mornings with a light
onshore flow starting in the late morning to early
afternoon. Although this time of year can see
a lot of rain, rain showers usually start in the
late afternoon; often raining through the night.
Mornings and early afternoons often have sunny
skies and perfect peeling surf.
El Salvador is a year round surf destination
water with temps in the low 80’s and air
temperatures in the mid to high 80’s year
round. Do not get discouraged by the rainy season
with its afternoon onshore flow of wind. El Salvador
has miles of coastline riddled with right points
and beach break. The points are so quality, that
even with a little wind they still break cleaner
then most beach or reef breaks around the world.
Although hard core adventures has been making
the journey for over 20 years Surfing in El Salvador is relatively new to both
the international traveler and local people. The
points in and around the city can see light crowds
on the weekends, but most breaks are typically
very un-crowded with only a handful of people
spread up & down the line-ups.
Surfing areas are broken down into two regions, the “West Coast” and the “East Coast”. As the beaches of El Salvador face S/SW the coastline runs West to East. There is no Caribbean Coast of El Salvador as Honduras is the neighbor to the NE. See “Surf Packages” for more detail.
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