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Takoradi surfForecast / Gold Coast / Ghana

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 16 Jan 2026 GMT
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Takoradi surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Takoradi sea temperature is
28.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Takoradi today?

The current surf forecast for Takoradi at 11PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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
1
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 (?)
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121212111111111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)92127117113113111109107104989795959393936866646464656666
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		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		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:10PM
1.36
2:35AM
1.50
3:44PM
1.44
3:14AM
1.54
4:16PM
1.50
3:51AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37PM
0.79
9:11AM
0.41
9:18PM
0.73
9:45AM
0.36
9:56PM
0.68
10:17AM
0.32
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------6:20-------6:20-------6:20-
Sunset-6:12-------6:13-------6:13------
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11------2-------1-------
Temp. °C292827272626272929272727262628282828272626262828
Feels °C (?)313130313030303131293030292931302930302929293129
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