Elmina surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 21 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
27.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Elmina today?

The current surf forecast for Elmina at 9AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)13131313131312121212121212121211111114913131311
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2222222222191231151101087610673722767069666463585656565540
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.47
6:44PM
1.64
7:01AM
1.38
7:23PM
1.56
7:51AM
1.26
8:10PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
0.22
12:18PM
0.16
12:58AM
0.24
12:58PM
0.26
1:45AM
0.29
1:44PM
0.38
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise--6:18-------6:18-------6:18-----
Sunset-----6:17-------6:17-------6:17--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262527282827262626252728282726262625272928272726
Feels °C (?)312931312929292930293030282829293028293028273029
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