Elmina surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 24 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
27.2° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elmina today?

The current surf forecast for Elmina at 12AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (25 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (25 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
1
S
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)121288777710101011101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47468174687097715275100223143181196181141218200156122122122121
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
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
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
1.35
8:57AM
1.17
8:56PM
1.22
10:36AM
1.12
10:34PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:33PM
0.46
2:24AM
0.32
2:41PM
0.60
3:42AM
0.41
4:21PM
0.68
5:16AM
0.43
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------6:07-------6:07-------6:05-
Sunset-6:15-------6:15-------6:15------
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--11----11-1----------1-
Temp. °C292828272726282929282727272728292928272727262829
Feels °C (?)292831302928303029292930303131313030303031293130
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