Mumford, Ghana

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Kokrobite, is 51 km away. Nearest airport: ACC (ACC), 76 km.

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About Mumford

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SE (143°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (323°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 5). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hard and thick, like a slab. The sea is about 23°C in August, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in April, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually November, with about 4 good days in 7; in July, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Kokrobite, is 51 km away. Nearest airport: ACC (ACC), 76 km.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 21 h 35 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to ACC, changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
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Getting there. 1 h 40 from the airport to Mumford.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Kokrobite, is 51 km away. Nearest airport: ACC (ACC), 76 km.
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Forecast

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Mumford, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	18, too small	3 ft9 shollow	187kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	15, too small	3 ft7 shollow	66kJ	wind from the west, 4 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	17, too small	3 ft10 shollow	195kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 5 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	17, too small	3 ft9 shollow	165kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	19, too small	4 ft8 shollow	163kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	14, too small	3 ft8 shollow	106kJ	wind from the south-west, 5 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	9, too small	2 ft7 shollow	45kJ	wind from the south-west, 6 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	6, too small	2 ft6 shollow	24kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	5, too small	1 ft8 shollow	22kJ	wind from the south-west, 6 knots	28°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Tue 20 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to ACC, changing at JFK, then 1h 40 by road. About 21h 35 door to door
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Mon 26 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to ACC, changing at JFK, then 1h 40 by road. About 21h 35 door to door

Rough cost

About £785–£1,560 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to ACC, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£550–£1,140
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£45–£80
Food	7 days eating out	£110–£200
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£45–£75
Total		£785–£1,560

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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