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Surf spot guide Β· Oriente Salvaje, El Salvador
Remote La UniΓ³n village beachbreak with rocky sections and a rivermouth that occasionally lines up fun sand banks.
Las Tunas is a remote fishing village on El Salvador's eastern Pacific coast, set in the Oriente Salvaje stretch of La UniΓ³n department past El Cuco and toward the Gulf of Fonseca. The wave is a low-key beachbreak: mostly rocky sections strung along the shoreline with a rivermouth at the village that, when the banks cooperate, throws up the cleanest peaks on offer. Expect mellow, crumbly walls best suited to beginners and loggers rather than performance surfers, with a small window for cutbacks on the better days. The setup rides a wide SE through SW swell window and holds across all tides, with a north-easterly offshore cleaning it up. Access is easy, free roadside parking sits right behind the floundering beachfront ranchos, and the next bay holds Playa Torola with a similar rivermouth setup worth checking. Lineup is almost always empty thanks to the distance from Surf City and the unreliable banks, but rips near the rivermouth can pulse hard and run-off pollution spikes after rain.
Rivermouth peaks that clean up on northeast offshores, empty except after rain.
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Almost always empty. The spot's remote setting past El Cuco and the fickle rivermouth banks keep the lineup to a handful of surfers at most.
Remote, rustic, empty
Oriente Salvaje
Remote right point at the mouth of the Gulf of Fonseca; only fires when a big south swell wraps deep into the gulf.
Oriente Salvaje
Slow, forgiving sand-bottom beachbreak fronting El Cuco village, the go-to learner wave on the Oriente Salvaje coast.
Oriente Salvaje
World-class right point wrapping off a cobblestone headland into a sand bar with long, fast rides and barrel sections.
+5 MORE βCheck the rivermouth banks first, the rest is mostly rocky beachbreak
Walk south to Playa Torola if Las Tunas is closing out
Avoid surfing for a day or two after heavy rain due to estuary run-off
Time sessions around a NE land breeze for the cleanest conditions
HAZARDS Β· KNOW BEFORE YOU PADDLE
Free roadside parking behind the beachfront ranchos in the village. Walk straight onto the sand.
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