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Glefe beach. Atlantic Ocean

Greater Accra · Ghana

IntermediateBeach break5.519, -0.267

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Glefe beach. Atlantic Ocean is a S-facing sand beach on the Ghana shoreline, opening onto the Gulf of Guinea — it catches E–SW swell, and offshore NW–N winds tidy the banks through year-round.

10-day forecast

Local time · updates hourly

Wave height & period

HeightPeriod

Wind

SpeedGusts
TimeRatingWavesSwellWindAir

Water temperature by month

This month: ~24.6°C (76.3°F) on average

Jan

27.4°C

81.3°F · 25.9–29.3°C

Feb

27.8°C

82°F · 26.3–29.2°C

Mar

28.2°C

82.8°F · 27.3–29.5°C

Apr

28.5°C

83.3°F · 26.1–29.8°C

May

28.8°C

83.8°F · 27–30.4°C

Jun

27.1°C

80.8°F · 24.7–28.8°C

Jul

24.3°C

75.7°F · 22.7–25.8°C

Aug

23°C

73.4°F · 21.7–24.6°C

Sep

24.6°C

76.3°F · 22–26.2°C

Oct

26.9°C

80.4°F · 24.5–28.5°C

Nov

28.2°C

82.8°F · 27.1–29.2°C

Dec

28°C

82.4°F · 26.7–29.3°C

25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.

Know before you go

Best swell

E–SW

Best wind

NW–N

Break type

Beach break

Best season

Year-round

Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back.

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