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Busua, Ghana

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About Busua

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

The spot faces SE (134°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (314°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 9). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 24°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually October, November and December, with about 5 good days in 7; in July, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Busua, 0 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

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

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From Chicago: about 23 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to ABJ, changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

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  2. Getting there. 4 h 10 from the airport to Busua.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Forecast

Busua does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for intermediates, so you can see what it does.

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

DayScoreInter­mediateSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct484 ft9 shollow193kJ30°C
Tue 20Oct504 ft10 shollow277kJ31°C
Wed 21Oct554 ft10 shollow251kJ30°C
Thu 22Oct544 ft9 shollow197kJ30°C
Fri 23Oct504 ft8 shollow193kJ30°C
Sat 24Oct513 ft8 shollow110kJ30°C
Sun 25Oct282 ft7 shollow49kJ30°C
Mon 26Oct162 ft6 shollow26kJ30°C
Tue 27Oct202 ft5 shollow17kJ30°C
Wed 28Oct0––––

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 intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Tue 20 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to ABJ, changing at JFK, then 4h 10 by road. About 23h 30 door to door

  2. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Black Mamba

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).

  3. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Black Mamba

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 9 s, wind 2 kn (3 km/h).

  4. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Black Mamba

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  5. Sat 24 Oct
    Surf Busua

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 8 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).

  6. Sun 25 Oct
    Surf Busua

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 2 ft at 7 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  7. Mon 26 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to ABJ, changing at JFK, then 4h 10 by road. About 23h 30 door to door

The plan picks the best of 3 spots near Busua each day: Black Mamba, Busua, Dixcove.

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Rough cost

About £885–£1,720 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to ABJ, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£535–£1,110
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£45–£80
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£115–£190
Food7 days eating out£110–£200
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£45–£75
Total£885–£1,720

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

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