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El Salvador one of the best Surf destination of America:.
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El Salvador, Central America surf destination
El salvador is located in the hearth of Central America, its the smallest country in the region, but we can said that is the area with more consistence surf, with the most concentration of rippble right pointbreaks in a small extention, this became it in one of the best surf destionation in the area, the perfect conditons of the road systems makes a spot where you can find with easy access and in a short time different pointbreaks, a few of them with World Class waves like Punta Roca, Sunzal, Las Flores and Punta Mango.
Surf Locations and Villages
El Tunco Village
Playa El Tunco is becoming in the most popular village in El Salvador, its located in the central area of La Libertad, the main surfspot is Sunzal pointbreak and Bocana rivermouth, its popularity its due the different hostals, hotels and surfcamps that provide to the different visitors of the best services and variaty of accommodation, night live and one of the most consistence surf for all levels of surfers. At the village you find several restaurants and bars making a great surf athmosphere. Because of its centric locations El Tunco village is a location where you can stay and travel around finding all the different areas with good quality waves in a short time and with easy access. Playa El tunco
El Zonte Village
Located in La Libertad Area west to Playa El Tunco, El Zonte village its other popular area in La Libertad, just a few minutes away from El Tunco village, its popularity its due the different hostals and the great wave, its a small rocky pointbreak with a small bay. In front of the beach you find severla palm trees restaurants and small hostals of local surfers, and its young population makes from it a nice ambience, very quiet during the nights with small parties in the different hostals, the waves its great with small swells, with its right pointbreak and different sections in the beach break. El Zonte village is a good place to stay for backpackers and medium level surfers that needs more privacy and quiet athmosphere. for more information visit Playa El Zonte
Las Flores village at the east coast
Las Flores village its located at the east side of the country, it used to be a small fishermans village and it became in a popular surf destionation in the last years, its a different area more feral and natural, you will find several hostels and a few high class surf resorts, very quiet during the night without much activities, basicly its a place just for surf, the wave at Las Flores probably its one of the best in the country, long strong right hand waves, perfect with swells since six feets waves, it can be crowd because of the type of wave, its always break in the lineup a perfect wave like in a wave machine. The trip in Las Flores its to take a boat, around twenty minutes to the east to surf Punta Mango wave. Playa Las Flores El salvador
La Libetad
La Libertad its a the city, it was the first port in teh coutry and it used to be the first tourist destination, very popular in the 60's for national and international tourism, its popularity its due the amazing wave of Punta Roca, the best wave in the country for the best surfers, power full worl class right hand wave, probably the best right pointbreak in Central America. Now in the town after a hard violence and crime problems after the civil war its becoming in the future of the tourism in the country, in the town you still not find much good standars hotels, but you find a lot of variaty of restaurant with the best seafood in the country. Its a place that all the visitors have to know and if you are looking for surf the best wave of the country La Libertad its the place to be, but as a big sign infront of the wave said, you will have to respect the locals. visit Punta Roca
K59
Unique place, separated from the crowds with a very hard access from the main road, K59 is one of the best surf experience for experienced surf travelers, right hand solid pointbreak with rocky bottom, very consistence surf. To get to this spot is complicated without a 4wd car. a few small accommodations are available in this location, but not much space on it. this make this place always one of the less crowd good quality spots in the area with less people in the water, nobody most of the time.
you can visit K59 El Salvador for more information and photography of this spot.
you can visit K59 El Salvador for more information and photography of this spot.
San Salvador City.
San Salvador is big city comparing with other central American countris, what is know as the metropolic region of the big San Salvador is formed by several municipies like Santa Tecla, Ilopango, Soyapango, antiguo Cuscatlan and the main San Salvador distrit. This make a urbe of couple millions of citizens making it a city that is awake during the day and also during the night.
The international airport is located 40 minutes south from it, taxi driver is necessary, we also recomend to book hotel before your arrival, there are several region in the city where you can stay depending of your interest, areas like Paseo General Escalon, Zona Rosa and San Benito, Antiguo Cuscatlan and Santa Elena is where you find several malls and offices and are the best areas to look for accommodation, other popular area for travelers looking for night life and young culture Paseo El Carmen is a great option in Santa Tecla municipy.
The international airport is located 40 minutes south from it, taxi driver is necessary, we also recomend to book hotel before your arrival, there are several region in the city where you can stay depending of your interest, areas like Paseo General Escalon, Zona Rosa and San Benito, Antiguo Cuscatlan and Santa Elena is where you find several malls and offices and are the best areas to look for accommodation, other popular area for travelers looking for night life and young culture Paseo El Carmen is a great option in Santa Tecla municipy.