Turtle Beach, Ghana

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Axim, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TKD (TKD), 51 km.

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About Turtle Beach

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

The spot faces SW (211°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (31°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 56). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 25°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually May, with about 4 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Axim, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TKD (TKD), 51 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot.

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

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From Chicago: about 22 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to ABJ, changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
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Getting there. 3 h 40 from the airport to Turtle Beach.
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Accommodation.
No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Axim, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TKD (TKD), 51 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 Turtle Beach, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	22, too small	4 ft9 smushy	228kJ	wind from the south-west, 7 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	24, too small	4 ft9 ssoft	200kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	28°C
Tue 20Oct	26, too small	4 ft10 ssoft	269kJ	wind from the south-west, 3 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	27, too small	4 ft10 ssoft	241kJ	wind from the south-west, 3 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	26, too small	4 ft9 ssoft	195kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 2 knots	29°C
Fri 23Oct	23, too small	4 ft8 ssoft	177kJ	wind from the south-west, 3 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	17, too small	3 ft8 smushy	107kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 3 knots	29°C
Sun 25Oct	12, too small	2 ft7 smushy	45kJ	wind from the south-west, 4 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	7, too small	1 ft10 scrumbling	36kJ	wind from the south-west, 3 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	8, too small	2 ft10 scrumbling	43kJ	wind from the south-west, 3 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 Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to ABJ, changing at JFK, then 3h 40 by road. About 22h 55 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 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
Travel home
Fly ORD to ABJ, changing at JFK, then 3h 40 by road. About 22h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £770–£1,530 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 ABJ, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£535–£1,110
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		£770–£1,530

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

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