Busua Beach surf break

Busua Beach surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 GMT
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Busua Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Busua Beach sea temperature is
24.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Busua Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Busua Beach at 1PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (19 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (19 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)19s

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

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Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
3
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131918181818161616161615151515151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)34634345136438251758964480375488687694594190711521103115210591066872893884977
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57PM
1.15
2:14AM
1.15
2:00PM
1.20
3:03AM
1.25
2:51PM
1.26
3:43AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:45AM
0.56
7:33PM
0.26
7:57AM
0.50
8:26PM
0.18
8:50AM
0.44
9:09PM
0.13
Tuesday
19
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sunrise6:03-------6:03-------6:03-------
Sunset---6:19-------6:17-------6:17----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232424242323222223242423232222222324242323222222
Feels °C (?)252524252425242324242323242323232323232324232323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gold Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Busua Beach (light winds from the SW at Takoradi (afb) 18 km from Busua Beach). 0.8m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 5s windswell from the S and a 0.3m 14s groundswell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
SW
0.0
24.1
Air / Water (°C)
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