Life is better
at El Tunco

Where to eat, sleep, surf and rent on the black sand coast, and what the point is doing this morning.

Live conditions
3–5 ft
Overhead +
1 kts
Light · glassy
32°C
No wetsuit
11 sec
Mid period
Solid session

Featured places

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Featured
Tours
Tunco Life - El Salvador tours
Open now · until 5pm ·
WhatsApp
★★★★ 4.9
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Restaurants
Covana Seaside Kitchen
Open now · until 9pm · $$$
WhatsApp
★★★★ 4.7
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Surf Schools
Surfcafé
Closed today · $$
WhatsApp
★★★★ 4.7
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Hotels & Hostels
Palo Verde Sustainable Hotel
Open 24 hours ·
WhatsApp
★★★★ 4.6
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Hotels & Hostels
Puro Surf Hotel & Performance Academy
Open now · until 7:30pm ·
WhatsApp
★★★★ 4.6
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Restaurants
Sunzal Cafe
Open now · until 6pm · $$$
WhatsApp
★★★★ 4.4

El Tunco, listed

El Tunco is a two-street town on the black sand of La Libertad, forty minutes from the airport. The point works most of the year and the strip runs from pupusa stands to rooftop bars, most of them taking cash and sats.

SurfCity keeps the record: 596 places across restaurants, hotels, surf schools, rentals, nightlife and wellness, plus what is on this week and what the swell is doing. No rankings, no reviews from us. Just what is here.

Local businesses

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Prime spots for local businesses · from $50/mo

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Café Sunzal
Best breakfast burritos before the morning swell
Live
Scooter Bros
$25/day · free helmet · WhatsApp booking
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The surf coast

The coast, zone by zone

Six zones, all live
El Tunco
Black sand beach
The busiest stretch of the coast: restaurants, hotels, surf schools, nightlife, rentals and wellness on two streets.
179 places
La Libertad
Port city
Fresh seafood market, Punta Roca surf break, and the gateway to the whole coast.
174 places
El Zonte
Bitcoin Beach
The Bitcoin Beach community, world-class point break, and a growing expat scene.
108 places
El Sunzal
The longboard wave
El Salvador's most consistent longboard wave and the quieter, laid-back alternative.
60 places
El Palmarcito
Small and quiet
A small, quiet beach between Sunzal and Zonte, with a reef break out front.
56 places
Playa San Blas
Next to the port
A small beach near La Libertad, within easy reach of the port and its seafood.
19 places

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