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4:25 pm 12 Jan 2012

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1:00 pm 15 Mar 2011

Fort Good Hope ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 3.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Fort Good Hope Surf Forecast / Ghana – Gold Coast / Ghana

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 23 pm Wednesday 15 Feb 2012

Fort Good Hope surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Wave Energy Map See all maps
Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.1
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SSE
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Period (s) (?) 10 13 10 12 12 11 11 10 10 14 14 10 13 12 12 12 8 15
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Max-energy 244 236 219 504 389 300 235 206 167 165 147 179 129 121 81 87 81 130
Wind
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Fort Good Hope blow from the NNW
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Fort Good Hope sea temperature is 26.1 °C (Statistics for 15 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 27.9 max: 28.5 min: 27.0 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon Warm air temperatures (max 29°C on Thu morning, min 25°C on Wed night) Wind will be generally light Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon Warm air temperatures (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 25°C on Sat night) Wind will be generally light
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Summary clear some clouds rain shwrs some clouds clear clear rain shwrs clear clear clear clear clear clear clear rain shwrs rain shwrs clear rain shwrs
Rain (mm) - - 2 - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 2 - 3
High °C 26 29 29 26 29 28 26 29 29 26 29 29 27 29 29 27 29 29
Low °C 25 27 28 26 27 27 25 27 27 25 27 28 26 27 28 26 27 28
Chill °C (?) 26 29 29 26 29 28 26 29 29 26 29 29 27 29 29 27 29 29
Sunrise - 6:16 - - 6:16 - - 6:16 - - 6:16 - - 6:16 - - 6:16 -
Sunset - - 18:14 - - 18:14 - - 18:14 - - 18:14 - - 18:14 - - 18:14
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Fort Good Hope is 14 km (9 miles) from Winneba. If you plan a holiday in The Gold Coast, look for hotels and other accommodation in Winneba. Winneba has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.