Elmina surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 09 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
28.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Elmina today?

The current surf forecast for Elmina at 4PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)151414131313131312121212121313131616161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)205202196173170347170167145103141143148157272272188249246243309279347343
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
5
W
5
SSW
5
SW
0
N
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
S
5
SSE
5
SW
5
W
10
SW
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscrosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:28AM
1.04
8:03PM
1.12
10:00AM
1.02
9:26PM
1.07
11:41AM
1.09
11:14PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
0.70
3:09AM
0.50
3:39PM
0.76
4:36AM
0.51
5:24PM
0.73
5:50AM
0.47
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise6:01-------6:00-------6:00-------
Sunset---6:13-------6:13-------6:12----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282929282727272628292828272727262829292827272726
Feels °C (?)313231313132323133323031313132303232313130313130
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