Elmina surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
26.9° C
(Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elmina today?

The current surf forecast for Elmina at 3PM is: 0.9m 18s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.9
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)111118151515161616151414141414131414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)878549273110113122126179172200189189187181176181198261261253293297311
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
SW
20
S
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
S
20
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
5
SW
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
SE
0
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23PM
1.62
4:44AM
1.46
4:50PM
1.58
5:15AM
1.42
5:16PM
1.51
5:46AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
0.22
10:29PM
0.17
10:31AM
0.25
10:59PM
0.16
11:01AM
0.30
11:28PM
0.17
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise6:03-------6:03-------6:03-------
Sunset---6:14-------6:14-------6:13----
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clear
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thunderstorm
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part cloud
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Rain (mm)
----------1--3---1------
Temp. °C272829282727262628292928272726262728262625252525
Feels °C (?)313130302930303032323130293028293130282828292930
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