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Back Beach surfForecast / Inhambane / Mozambique

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 29 Jan 2026 CAT
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Back Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Back Beach sea temperature is
28.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Back Beach at 4AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

Table - waves today at Back Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)777777799888888887777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1111041018179647096210205180149169167177216181178160188207213199204
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
1.82
1:18PM
1.90
1:51AM
2.03
2:28PM
2.14
2:49AM
2.30
3:14PM
2.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:47AM
0.92
7:34PM
0.89
8:10AM
0.69
8:36PM
0.63
9:02AM
0.45
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise---5:13-------5:13-------5:15----
Sunset------6:27-------6:27-------6:25-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C262524242627262626262525262727262726272627272726
Feels °C (?)272726252626252625262526262727272827292828272825
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