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Elmina surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 09 Jan 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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elmina today?

The current surf forecast for Elmina at 6PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)151212151214141414131313131313121212121212121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)394848715010665649492901261268985777575757575788554
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
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		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52AM
1.19
8:42PM
1.38
8:42AM
1.09
9:25PM
1.31
9:46AM
1.01
10:15PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:55PM
0.37
2:56AM
0.58
2:38PM
0.49
3:54AM
0.59
3:29PM
0.59
4:59AM
0.57
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise6:16-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset---6:07-------6:07-------6:07----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-----1-------------
Temp. °C272829272726262627282827272626262728292727262626
Feels °C (?)303131292929292930313029292929303130302829292929
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