Elmina surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 06 Sep 2025 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
23.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Elmina today?

The current surf forecast for Elmina at 7PM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 21s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)--
Afternoon (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)131313131212121212121212121212121212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)376365421365376353352386351381344311297291293394345354226276248279277294
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:01PM
1.50
3:42AM
1.63
3:42PM
1.57
4:16AM
1.73
4:23PM
1.60
4:52AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:11PM
0.08
9:38AM
0.27
9:48PM
0.03
10:18AM
0.18
10:25PM
0.02
10:58AM
0.13
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise-----5:58-------5:58-------5:56--
Sunset-6:08-------6:08-------6:07------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252423232323242524242423232324252524232323232426
Feels °C (?)262624252626262625252625252626252525242525252526
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gold Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Elmina (light winds from the SW at Takoradi (afb) 48 km from Elmina). 1.1m 13s groundswell from the S with a 0.5m 6s windswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
SW
0.0
23.6
Air / Water (°C)
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