Accra Beach - Rockley Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Well, I’ll be straight with you—looking at the 16-day window for Accra Beach - Rockley Beach, it’s a pretty grim run. The finder’s got a big fat zero for scores right across the board, so we’re scraping the barrel here. There’s no standout day worth paddling out for, plain and simple. The guidance shows this spot is inconsistent, exposed to the south, and best with a southerly swell direction, but the forecast keeps feeding us easterly wind and swell, which just doesn’t line up. The water temp anomaly isn’t flagged, so it’s about average for this time of year—nothing weird there.

We’ve got a solid gap of poor to no surf from now until the end of the 16 days. The first couple of days, July 19th and 20th, have some lumpy cross-shore chop with winds over 16–19 mph, making a mess of things. The combined wave energy hits 475 (moderate) on the 19th afternoon with a 7 ft easterly swell at 8 seconds, but the wind is cross-off, so it’s clean… just not clean enough to save it from a “poor surf” rating. The swell direction is east, not the optimum south, so the shape will be all wrong. For beginners, 7 ft is getting a bit much, and the short period (under 8 seconds) means weak, crumbly waves.

Into the next week, July 21st to 25th, we’ve got consistent easterly swells around 4 ft to 6 ft, with periods between 6 and 8 seconds—short-period windswell mostly. The combined energy ranges from 134 to 368 (weak to moderate), but the winds are cross or fresh cross-shore, leaving it lumpy and messy. The afternoon of July 24th shows 6 ft at 7 seconds and 324 energy, but again, the wind is just moderate cross-shore, so it’s not gonna be pretty. On July 26th afternoon, there’s a bit of a bump with 6 ft easterly swell at 8 seconds and 448 energy, and the wind turns cross-off, making it clean on the surface—still, the direction is all wrong for this break.

From July 27th through to August 2nd, we see more of the same: easterly swells around 5 ft to 6 ft, short periods, and fresh cross-shore winds. There’s a couple of clean moments on July 30th afternoon and August 2nd afternoon, but the swell is either zero or tiny, like 1 ft. The last few days have some small 5 ft to 5 ft easterly windswell on August 1st and 3rd, but the risk of thunderstorms pops up and the wind stays fresh and cross—just not worth suiting up for.

Honestly, this is a blank run. Accra Beach is inconsistent at the best of times, and with the swell and wind not matching up, there’s no session I’d recommend. The setup is a beach, so with the strong onshore winds and moderate wave energy, it might look more interesting for kitesurfing than paddle surfing. Keep an eye on the forecast—it tends not to stay this poor for long, but right now, it’s a write-off.

Rusty.

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