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Sunset Point 69.4

#2425 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇬🇭 Ghana · Western · near Aboisso

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

Works all yearWarm waterBeginner friendlyBeginner
Surf score69.4 /100
Surfable days100% of the year
Clean days35% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell57% period 11 s+
Typical size1.0 m 3.2 ft median
Water27°C boardshorts

Best time to surf Sunset Point

The best time to surf Sunset Point is May, June, October. The season runs Apr to Jun. In May the water sits around 29°C, so pack boardshorts, and the typical wave is 1.1 m. The nearest airport is ABJ (117 km) and the nearest town is Aboisso (57 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan97%19%0.8 m28°Cboardies
Feb100%24%0.8 m28°Cboardies
Mar100%19%0.9 m28°Cboardies
Apr100%44%1.0 m29°Cboardies
May100%52%1.1 m29°Cboardies
Jun100%45%1.2 m28°Cboardies
Jul100%16%1.2 m25°Cboardies
Aug100%13%1.2 m24°Cvest
Sep100%34%1.1 m25°Cboardies
Oct100%47%1.0 m27°Cboardies
Nov100%44%0.9 m28°Cboardies
Dec100%28%0.8 m29°Cboardies

What is under Sunset Point

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 45 m.

Depth 8 km out45 m
Depth 4 km out27 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 69.4

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%
14.8
Best days 22.4%
5.9
Clean days 18.4%
16.2
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
6.1
Access 4.1%
2.7

The detail

Faces 190° with 47% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 62% of days. Mean peak period 11.2 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.3 m, with a peak period of 12 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 83%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 5.050, -2.899 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€799/ month
typically €703 – €895
Rent, one bedroom€416
Groceries€166
Eating out€94
Getting around€55
Phone + internet€60
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€1,560/ month
typically €1,370 – €1,740
Somewhere to stay€918
Eating out€327
Car, transfers, fuel€212
Data + extras€98
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Remote spot, so the local estimate is 15% below 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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