A surfer rides a wave in front of a volcanic rock resembling a pig, which gave the beach at El Tunco its name. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) A 13-mile stretch of Salvadoran shoreline the ...

A lilac sky looms over the black sand beach. The sun has yet to beam its early, yet blistering, teeth over the nearby cliffside. Tropical birds chirp in frenzied unison to greet the day, as the ...

Katherine Diaz, a top El Salvadoran surfer who was competing to make the Olympic team, died Saturday after being struck by lightning on a beach, her uncle said. She was 22. Beto Diaz told El ...

Katherine Diaz, a 22-year-old surfer from El Salvador, died Friday after being struck by lightning. She was surfing near her home in the El Tunco neighborhood, about an hour south of San Salvador, in ...

Surfing is the gateway to the tourist offer of El Salvador. In the Pacific, Surf City is a Central American destination where visitors enjoy recreational surfing, international championships, regional ...

From hiking up a smouldering active volcano to kayaking through tangled mangroves, this small Central American country is ...

Bob Levy grew up in El Salvador but discovered surfing in California, and he vividly remembers the day he returned to his homeland and hit the beach with a stiff, 10-foot surfboard under his arm.

LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador — The wait is over for Yolanda Sequeira, who finished second Sunday in the ISA World Surfing Games, grabbing one of the final seven women’s berths in this first-ever Olympic ...

El Salvador has always been a special place to go surfing. Miles of south-facing coastline, warm water, point, reef and beachbreaks, all within a couple hours of an international airport. The past few ...

It’s been a pretty dire summer surf-wise for the UK, right? It gets like this and cabin fever can quickly settle in. Sure, it’s easy enough to hop to France or Portugal but given the state of the ...

“Looking ahead,” continued Picardo, “the future of surfing in El Salvador is brighter than ever – not just for surfers but for investors. The country’s commitment to improving infrastructure, combined ...

A 13-mile stretch of Salvadoran shoreline the government has named Surf City is one of the world’s newest surfing meccas. At the center of those 13 miles are La Bocana and El Sunzal, two top surfing ...