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Pram Pram 74.8

#1924 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇬🇭 Ghana · Greater Accra · near Tema

Works almost every day, no off season, boardshorts water.

Works all yearWarm waterIntermediate
Pram Pram, Ghana
Photo: Roger Husvik · CC BY 3.0 · source
Surf score74.8 /100
Surfable days100% of the year
Clean days48% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell62% period 11 s+
Typical size1.1 m 3.7 ft median
Water27°C boardshorts

Best time to surf Pram Pram

The best time to surf Pram Pram is June, September, October. The season runs Feb to Feb. In June the water sits around 28°C, so pack boardshorts, and the typical wave is 1.3 m. The nearest airport is ACC (32 km) and the nearest town is Tema (13 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan100%34%0.9 m27°Cboardies
Feb100%40%1.0 m28°Cboardies
Mar100%33%1.1 m27°Cboardies
Apr100%51%1.2 m29°Cboardies
May100%50%1.2 m29°Cboardies
Jun100%68%1.3 m28°Cboardies
Jul100%42%1.4 m24°Cvest
Aug100%34%1.3 m23°Cvest
Sep100%56%1.2 m24°Cvest
Oct100%61%1.1 m27°Cboardies
Nov100%52%1.1 m28°Cboardies
Dec100%40%0.9 m28°Cboardies

What is under Pram Pram

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor is still shallow, 12 m. Alongside the bank the survey finds a channel, 18 m against 12 m, deep enough to bend swell onto one peak instead of spreading it along the beach.

Depth 8 km out12 m
Depth 4 km out16 m
Channel beside it18 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 74.8

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
14.4
Best days 22.4%
7.6
Clean days 18.4%
18.4
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
6.0
Access 4.1%
4.1

The detail

Faces 160° with 44% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 78% of days. Mean peak period 11.7 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.5 m, with a peak period of 14 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 59%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 5.702, 0.106 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,160/ month
typically €1,020 – €1,300
Rent, one bedroom€603
Groceries€240
Eating out€135
Getting around€80
Phone + internet€86
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,250/ month
typically €1,980 – €2,520
Somewhere to stay€1,330
Eating out€474
Car, transfers, fuel€308
Data + extras€141
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Airport and town on the doorstep, so the local estimate is 23% above the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Ghana (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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