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Back Beach surfForecast / Inhambane / Mozambique

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 27 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 6PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (27 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (27 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
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
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
Period(s) (?)777888887777777777788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13213616723123219615512812199108127131134101997988112205205227216211
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononononononcrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:19AM
1.95
9:54PM
1.85
11:12AM
1.80
12:11AM
1.82
1:18PM
1.90
1:51AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:39PM
0.99
4:34AM
0.97
5:45PM
1.06
6:47AM
0.92
7:34PM
0.89
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise-------5:11-------5:13-------5:13
Sunset--6:28-------6:28-------6:27-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272727262626252627272626262624252727272626252426
Feels °C (?)272727252627262726262627272825262825262527262628
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