Elmina surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 18 Jul 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
23.5° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Elmina today?

The current surf forecast for Elmina at 2AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (19 Jul)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (19 Jul)4ft (1.2m)14s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)171616151515151414181817161616151515151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)85995110237541332111079999595799690488210211192131894610279979861098853950815912
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:07PM
1.14
10:33AM
1.44
11:34PM
1.12
11:44AM
1.40
12:58AM
1.17
12:56PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:56AM
0.46
5:17PM
0.37
5:11AM
0.52
6:28PM
0.31
6:30AM
0.53
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise----6:00-------6:00-------6:00---
Sunset-------6:22-------6:22-------6:22
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Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242323232424252423232323242525242424242424252524
Feels °C (?)252425252625252423242525252524242525252625262524
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gold Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Elmina (calm at Adeiso-Ndoda 125 km from Elmina). 0.9m 12s groundswell from the S with a 0.7m 16s long period groundswell, also from the S and a 0.6m 12s groundswell, also from the S. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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