San Luis La Herradura, El Salvador

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About San Luis La Herradura

San Luis La Herradura is a town in La Paz Department, El Salvador. From San Luis La Herradura you can reach 2 surf spots. The nearest is Costa Del Sol, a surf spot 6 km from the centre. Overture lists 3 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

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Staying in San Luis La Herradura

  • 3 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from San Luis La Herradura.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for San Luis La Herradura too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of San Luis La Herradura: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
El Pimental17 kmabout 30 min by car6 ft865 kJwind from the east-south-east, 2 knots, good5 ft563 kJwind from the east-north-east, 3 knots, fair4 ft396 kJwind from the east, 2 knots, too small4 ft332 kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore, too small4 ft476 kJwind from the east, 2 knots, fair4 ft413 kJwind from the north-north-west, 0 knots, too small3 ft283 kJwind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, too small
All readings for El Pimental: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at El Pimental, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct52, good6 ft13 shollow865kJwind from the east-south-east, 2 knots31°C
Mon 19Oct41, fair5 ft11 shollow563kJwind from the east-north-east, 3 knots31°C
Tue 20Oct34, too small4 ft11 shollow396kJwind from the east, 2 knots31°C
Wed 21Oct30, too small4 ft11 shollow332kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore31°C
Thu 22Oct36, fair4 ft12 shollow476kJwind from the east, 2 knots30°C
Fri 23Oct34, too small4 ft12 shollow413kJwind from the north-north-west, 0 knots31°C
Sat 24Oct26, too small3 ft12 shollow283kJwind from the east-north-east, 6 knots32°C
Costa Del Sol6 kmabout 15 min by car5 ft754 kJwind from the east-north-east, 5 knots, offshore, fair5 ft486 kJwind from the east-north-east, 4 knots, offshore, fair4 ft352 kJwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots, too small4 ft291 kJwind from the north-east, 4 knots, offshore, too small4 ft416 kJwind from the east, 4 knots, too small4 ft370 kJwind from the north-east, 2 knots, offshore, too small3 ft251 kJwind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Costa Del Sol: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Costa Del Sol, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct46, fair5 ft13 shollow754kJwind from the east-north-east, 5 knots, offshore30°C
Mon 19Oct36, fair5 ft11 scrumbling486kJwind from the east-north-east, 4 knots, offshore30°C
Tue 20Oct29, too small4 ft11 shollow352kJwind from the east-south-east, 4 knots29°C
Wed 21Oct27, too small4 ft11 scrumbling291kJwind from the north-east, 4 knots, offshore30°C
Thu 22Oct32, too small4 ft12 shollow416kJwind from the east, 4 knots30°C
Fri 23Oct30, too small4 ft12 shollow370kJwind from the north-east, 2 knots, offshore30°C
Sat 24Oct24, too small3 ft12 shollow251kJwind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, offshore30°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of San Luis La Herradura, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Places to eat near San Luis La Herradura

  • Muelle de San LuisSeafood · 0.8 km from the centre
  • Bar De Ostras Costa Del SolSeafood · 0.2 km from the centre
  • Conchodromo PaquitaSeafood · 0.8 km from the centre
  • Restaurante Jaltepeque0.8 km from the centre
  • La esquina de Pablito0.8 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits