St Charles Surf Forecast

/ Gold Coast (23 surf breaks) /

Ghana (23 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (5.33° N 0.62° W)

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St Charles surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 17 Aug 2025 GMT

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St Charles surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's St Charles sea temperature is 23.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at St Charles today?

The current surf forecast for St Charles at 1AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Evening (18 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Ghana – Gold Coast Surf

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		Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	19	18	18	18	18	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	317	380	372	375	347	335	341	339	309	310	221	216	249	238	231	223	215	228	268	357	357	420	412	472
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:27PM 1.06				11:27AM 1.23					12:57AM 1.13				12:48PM 1.25				2:01AM 1.23				1:50PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)				4:57AM 0.61					6:13PM 0.36				6:30AM 0.59				7:21PM 0.28				7:41AM 0.53

		Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	22	22	23	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	24	24	24	23
Feels °C (?)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	23	23	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Gold Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at St Charles (light winds from the SSW at ASCATC359E5N 45 km from St Charles). 0.9m 5s windswell from the S with a 0.7m 15s groundswell, also from the S and a 0.6m 12s groundswell, also from the S as well as a 0.5m 9s swell, also from the SSE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
3 hours 17 minutes ago St Charles

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45 km away, 3 h 17 min ago

13 km/h

SSW

0.0

23.4

Air / Water (°C)

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