Backdoor surfForecast / Inhambane / Mozambique

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 23 Oct 2025 CAT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Backdoor surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Backdoor sea temperature is
24.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Backdoor today?

The current surf forecast for Backdoor at 1AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (24 Oct)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (24 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1615141413131312798888777771514131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)620468443341239229170119861901691611249473686148434363898682
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
NE
30
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
2.69
4:40AM
2.64
4:54PM
2.59
5:06AM
2.54
5:20PM
2.45
5:32AM
2.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36PM
0.18
10:49AM
0.18
11:01PM
0.27
11:14AM
0.30
11:26PM
0.40
11:41AM
0.47
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Sunrise----4:56-------4:56-------4:56---
Sunset5:45-------5:46-------5:46-------
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222121212121222222222222212224242323232323242625
Feels °C (?)212020212121212121212122212223222121212223242624
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Inhambane

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Backdoor (calm at Vertigo Lodge 10 km from Backdoor). 1.3m 8s swell from the ESE with a 1.1m 14s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Backdoor
Expand
<
>
View all

1 h 28 min ago

4 km/h
E
Clean
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Backdoor surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest