Akwaadi surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 GMT
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Akwaadi surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Akwaadi sea temperature is
28.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Akwaadi today?

The current surf forecast for Akwaadi at 5PM is: 1.1m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Afternoon (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)18s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)17s

Table - waves today at Akwaadi. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
2
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)181818171716161616151514141414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)432528632742708787768882871711648631631622521514460366355290286286282218
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
1.59
4:34AM
1.38
4:39PM
1.56
5:18AM
1.37
5:20PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:41AM
0.15
10:21PM
0.00
10:24AM
0.16
11:01PM
-0.02
11:07AM
0.20
11:44PM
0.00
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise6:00-------6:00-------6:00------5:58
Sunset---6:14-------6:14-------6:14----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292929292828282829292929282828282930302928282828
Feels °C (?)323131323131323232323132313232323232323232323233
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