Elmina surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 03 Mar 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
27.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Elmina today?

The current surf forecast for Elmina at 4PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (03 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (03 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)151514111111111119191918181717161616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)676766575882110114260361354404498600546620612710657606598590489462
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:30PM
1.65
4:32AM
1.53
5:01PM
1.66
5:06AM
1.50
5:29PM
1.63
5:39AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
0.08
10:26PM
0.27
10:31AM
0.10
11:00PM
0.25
11:03AM
0.14
11:31PM
0.24
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise6:16-------6:16-------6:15-------
Sunset---6:17-------6:17-------6:17----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272929282727262628292928272727262829292827272626
Feels °C (?)303130302930282931313030313130293131303030312929
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