Elmina surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 24 Feb 2026 GMT
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Elmina surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Elmina sea temperature is
27.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Elmina today?

The current surf forecast for Elmina at 12PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)111213131313131212121212121111111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)89108119168171167160193187184181278172160155116114848279734912394
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
S
20
S
20
S
10
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
1.15
9:11PM
1.31
10:29AM
1.08
10:39PM
1.23
12:21PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:43AM
0.36
2:43PM
0.51
3:59AM
0.41
4:09PM
0.62
5:31AM
0.41
5:56PM
0.64
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise--6:18-------6:18-------6:18-----
Sunset-----6:17-------6:17-------6:17--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---11---------1---------
Temp. °C262627282827262626262728282727262626272828272726
Feels °C (?)303030303028282929303031292831292929303029293128
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