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Elmina surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 30 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
27.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Elmina today?

The current surf forecast for Elmina at 8PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)--
Afternoon (30 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (30 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)151414141414131313131313131313131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)205202202261243293289284280280280276272272268268268268268206199196196196
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:42PM
1.33
2:34AM
1.46
3:33PM
1.45
3:24AM
1.52
4:17PM
1.55
4:09AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
0.46
8:57AM
0.09
9:16PM
0.39
9:42AM
0.02
10:03PM
0.35
10:22AM
-0.00
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------6:20-------6:20-------6:20-
Sunset-6:15-------6:15-------6:15------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282726262626272828272726262627282827272626252728
Feels °C (?)282728293030292929293030303030302928303029283030
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