Accra Beach - Rockley Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s take a look at what’s cookin’ for Accra Beach - Rockley Beach. I’m gonna level with you – this isn’t a classic outlook. The first real chance doesn’t show until Tuesday the 7th of July, and even then, it’s a rough one. The swell energy is weak, only reading (41) on the meter, with a tiny 2ft swell from the SE and a short period of 9 seconds. Throw in a fresh cross-shore breeze at 22 mph, and you’ve got lumpy, choppy stuff that’s more headache than stoke. Not a goer.

Things ramp up quick though. From Wednesday the 8th of July through Thursday the 9th, the swell jumps to 8ft to 8ft, coming from the east with a short 8-second period. The energy goes into the moderate-to-strong range, peaking at (898) on Thursday morning. But here’s the thing – that 8ft height is getting into big-boy territory, only for experienced surfers, and the wind is still cross-shore, keeping it lumpy. Thursday afternoon cleans up a bit with a cross-offshore breeze, but the forecast still calls it marginal. Not a standout.

Then comes a flat spell. From Friday the 10th of July right through to Monday the 13th, there’s zero wave energy – flat as a lake. The wind is clean, but there’s nothing to ride. That’s a solid four-day gap with no surf at all. We get a little pulse back on Sunday the 12th with a 6ft easterly swell (383 energy), but the cross-shore wind kills it again.

The second week, from the 14th onwards, is more of the same. We see easterly swells between 5ft and 7ft, with energy in the moderate range (246 to 467). The period stays short at 7-8 seconds, so it’s all windswell, not groundswell. The wind is a constant cross or cross-offshore breeze at 16-22 mph. Some afternoons clean up a little, but mostly it’s lumpy cross-chop. Nothing to get excited about for a surfer.

The Standout (or lack thereof): Honestly, there’s no true standout in this whole 16-day window. If I had to pick the least-worst option, it’d be Thursday the 9th of July afternoon at Accra Beach - Rockley Beach. The swell is 8ft from the east, with solid moderate-to-strong energy (819), and the wind turns cross-offshore, cleaning up the surface. But with that short 8-second period and the size, it’s a powerful, bumpy shorebreak that’s only for the experienced crew, and the forecast itself only calls it “marginal”. For most of us, this whole stretch looks more interesting for a kite session than a paddle – the wind is consistent, but the conditions are rarely clean enough for a good wave.

The water temp is around 83°F, pretty average for this time of year. Nothing special.

Keep an eye on the charts, though. It tends not to stay poor for long around here. Stay hopeful.

Rusty.

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