Beach · Keta
Aborigines Beach
Golden-sand Atlantic beach at Keta in the Volta Region, fronted by the long-running Aborigines Beach Resort.
Photo: Nana Ama Pokua · Source
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Beaches in Ghana
Ghana's coastline runs for hundreds of kilometres along the Atlantic, and the beaches along it are as varied as the towns behind them. Some are busy and musical, like Labadi Beach in Accra, where weekends bring drumming and dancing. Others are quiet working shorelines, such as Dixcove Beach below Fort Metal Cross, or Cape Coast Castle Beach, where fishing boats come in beneath the castle walls. Many sit where a river meets the sea, including Ada Foah Beach, about 120 km from Accra, and Butre Beach, also called Coconut Beach, at the mouth of the Butre River.
What these places share is sand, ocean and a strong sense of local life. Where they differ is in what you can do. Busua Beach is known as the country's leading surf destination, with surf schools on the sand. Akwidaa Beach and nearby Ezile Bay Beach, close to Cape Three Points, offer turtle nesting, beach lodges and community tourism. Family-friendly resorts such as Aborigines Beach at Keta and Ankobra Beach Retreat at Axim add chalets and restaurants. Elsewhere, Komenda Beach is known for its sea cave, and Prince's Town Beach stretches long and unspoiled near Fort Gross Friedrichsburg.
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Before you go
Plan around the coast's spread: Greater Accra beaches such as Prampram, Teshie and Labadi are close to the capital, while the Western Region beaches around Axim, Busua, Butre and Akwidaa sit much further west, so group nearby places into one trip. The coastal road links Accra with Anomabo and Cape Coast, and Cape Coast with Elmina, Brenu Akyinim and Kakum Rainforest. Check before you go whether a beach has facilities, entrance fees or lifeguards, as some are simply open shoreline with no documented amenities. Surf and currents can be strong, particularly at Cape Coast Castle Beach, so swim with care and ask locally.
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Beach · Ada Foah
Ada Foah Beach
Palm-lined beach and estuary at Ada Foah, about 120 km from Accra, where the Volta River meets the Atlantic Ocean.
Photo: SanBa · Source
Beach · Akwidaa
Akwidaa Beach
Akwidaa Beach is the free, open shoreline of a fishing village in Ahanta West District, Western Region, near Cape Three Points, with turtle nesting and beach lodges.
Photo: ecbourque · Source
Beach · Axim
Ankobra Beach Resort
Ankobra Beach Retreat is a beachfront boutique resort at Axim in Ghana's Western Region, with African-style chalets, a restaurant and a maintained beach on a 45-hectare complex.
Photo: Roger Husvik · Source
Beach · Anomabo
Anomabo Beach
Anomabo Beach is a wide, sandy Atlantic beach at Anomabo in Ghana's Central Region, about 115 km west of Accra on the coastal road.
Photo: Tahiru Rajab · Source
Beach · Apam
Apam Beach
Apam Beach is the sandy Atlantic shoreline of Apam, a fishing town and Gomoa West District capital in Ghana's Central Region, about 45 km east of Cape Coast.
Photo: StephanieRing · Source
Beach · Axim
Axim Beach
Axim Beach is the shoreline and beachfront-resort area of Axim, a coastal town and capital of Nzema East Municipal District in Ghana's Western Region.
Photo: Jeremy Weate · Source
Beach · Brenu Akyinim
Brenu Beach
Brenu Beach at Brenu Akyinim in Ghana's Central Region is a community-owned beach resort about 20 km from Cape Coast, near Elmina Castle and Kakum Rainforest.
Photo: Rebecamarta · Source
Beach · Busua
Busua Beach
Sandy Atlantic beach at Busua in Ghana's Western Region, known as the country's leading surf destination, with surf schools on the sand.
Photo: Adam Jones, Ph.D. - Global Photo Archive · Source
Beach · Butre
Butre Beach
Butre Beach, also called Coconut Beach, is the narrow palm-fringed beach at the fishing village of Butre in Ghana's Western Region, where the Butre River meets the Atlantic.
Photo: benketaro · Source
Beach · Cape Coast
Cape Coast Castle Beach
Cape Coast Castle Beach is the open-access shoreline directly below Cape Coast Castle, a working fishing beach with dangerous surf and no documented visitor amenities.
Photo: Adam Jones · Source
Beach · Dixcove
Dixcove Beach
Dixcove Beach is the working fishing shoreline of Dixcove in Ghana's Western Region, set below the bluff-top Fort Metal Cross.
Photo: Stig Nygaard · Source
Beach · Akwidaa
Ezile Bay Beach
A roughly 300 m almond-shaded beach in a small protected bay between Akwidaa and Katakor, near Cape Three Points, Western Region, home to Ezile Bay Ecolodge.
Photo: aripeskoe2 · Source
Beach · Keta
Keta Emancipation Beach
Emancipation Beach is a Gulf of Guinea beach behind Fort Prinzenstein at Keta, Volta Region, formerly used for Emancipation Day commemorations and now run as a beach resort.
Photo: Forgive Kwashie Agboada · Source
Beach · Komenda
Komenda Beach
Komenda Beach is a Gulf of Guinea beach in Ghana's Central Region, best known for the tunnel-like Komenda Sea Cave a few metres from Komenda College of Education.
Photo: Skiet3n469 · Source
Beach · Accra
Labadi Beach
Labadi Beach (La Pleasure Beach) is Accra's busiest beach, in the town of La near Teshie, known for weekend music, drumming and dancing, with an entrance fee for non-hotel guests.
Photo: wrcomms · Source
Beach · Prampram
Prampram Beach
Prampram Beach is the Atlantic-facing beachfront of Prampram (Gbugbla), the Ningo-Prampram District capital in Greater Accra, about 15 km east of Tema.
Photo: Xibitgh · Source
Beach · Prince's Town
Prince's Town Beach
A long, unspoiled Atlantic beach at Prince's Town (Pokesu) in the Ahanta West District, Western Region, with local food vendors and nearby Fort Gross Friedrichsburg.
Photo: BIG ALBERT · Source
Beach · Takoradi
Sports Club Beach
Sports Club Beach is a beach in Takoradi, Western Region, Ghana, described as lying behind the Atlantic Hotel and named for the adjacent Takoradi Sports Club.
Photo: Angel Lite Photography · Source
Beach · Teshie
Teshie Beach
Teshie Beach is an Atlantic shoreline at Teshie, the administrative capital of Ledzokuku Municipal District in Ghana's Greater Accra Region.
Photo: Paul Arps · Source
Beach · Winneba
Winneba Beach
Winneba Beach is the working shoreline of Winneba (Simpa), a historic fishing port and Effutu Municipal capital on Ghana's Central Region coast near the Ayensu River mouth.
Photo: oneVillage Initiative · Source
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Beach · Aboadze
Aboadze Beach
Aboadze Beach is the working fishing shoreline of Aboadze, a coastal town in Ghana's Shama District, Western Region, about 20 km from Takoradi.
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Beach · Aboadze
Abuesi Beach
Abuesi is a fishing community on the Gulf of Guinea in Ghana's Shama District, with an open surf shoreline, offshore rocky outcrop and a hillside beach resort.
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Beach · Shama
Anlo Beach
Anlo Beach is a small artisanal fishing community and curved sandy shoreline in the Shama District, Western Region, between the Pra River and the sea.
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