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Elmina surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 17 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
28.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elmina today?

The current surf forecast for Elmina at 10PM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)--
Afternoon (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
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
1
1
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 (?)
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)131212121212121211111414141414111313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26818718414114114113913991886262626161595555555655558350
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:24PM
1.58
3:27AM
1.51
3:56PM
1.69
4:06AM
1.56
4:29PM
1.75
4:45AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
0.29
9:30AM
0.10
10:00PM
0.19
10:05AM
0.07
10:37PM
0.11
10:41AM
0.08
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise------6:09-------6:09-------6:09-
Sunset-6:15-------6:15-------6:15------
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C282827272626272929282727262628292928272726262829
Feels °C (?)303131312930303231302930293031323130313129293131
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