Western Ghana Coast

The Western Region of Ghana faces the Gulf of Guinea along a coast characterised by headlands, sea stacks, and short sandy bays between rocky points — a more dramatic shoreline than the flat eastern coast near Accra. Tidal range in the Gulf of Guinea is microtidal: spring range 1.0 to 1.4 m, mixed semidiurnal, with wind and the south-equatorial current driving water-level variations that often exceed the astronomical tide. The west Ghana coast receives Atlantic swell that wraps around the Guinea Bight — southwest energy dominates from May to October, the hazardous surf season when local fishermen haul canoes above the tide line. Busua is the centre of Ghanaian surf culture, with the Ghana Surfing Association operating here since the 2000s. The nearby Portuguese fort at Butre and the Dutch Fort Metal Cross at Dixcove add historical depth to a coast that has been shaped by both African and European maritime traditions. Open-Meteo Marine gridded model, accuracy class ±45 min / ±0.2–0.3 m.