El Tunco
La Libertad coast, El Salvador13.493, -89.382Reef break · faces S (180°)
Spot guide
El Tunco is an S-facing reef break in La Libertad coast, El Salvador. It picks up swell from SE to W, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 37% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the N: light winds or N breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while S onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Reef
- Faces
- S (180°)
- Best swell
- SE to SW (134°–231°), 11 s or longer
- Best wind
- NW to NE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 4–10 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- SE to W (134° to 278.5°)
- Offshore wind
- N
- Tide
- Model estimate
- Wave buoy
- None within 250 km
- Cams
- 1
Cams at El Tunco
- Playa El Tunco — Papaya Surf Garden · watch on SkylineWebcams / Hotel Papaya Surf Garden ↗