El Tunco

La Libertad · El Salvador

El Tunco, El Salvador
Photo: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
March to October for consistent surf swells; December to April for dry weather
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
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El Salvador's flagship surf village, named for a pig-shaped rock offshore and built around a pair of world-class point breaks. A compact strip of hostels, surf schools and smoothie bars fills with an international crowd for sunset over the black-sand beach.

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