Mocambique Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here again. Let’s run through what Mocambique has in store over the next couple weeks.

Straight off the bat: no surf worth bothering with until Sunday, July 5th. The first days – Friday the 3rd and Saturday the 4th – are just a mess. Heavy southeast swells over 8 ft with strong southerly winds, way too much power and chop. The wave energy numbers are huge, well over 1300 and 1700, but it’s all just a churned-up hazard. Leave it alone.

Sunday the 5th of July is where it all turns around. Morning glass – no wind at all – then a light north breeze in the afternoon. Swell drops to a much nicer 7 ft to 6 ft from the SSE, with a period around 11 seconds – proper groundswell. Water temperature sits at 62°F, which is about 5°F colder than normal for this time of year. You’ll want a thick suit, no doubt. This is the best day in the whole outlook: clean, glassy, and a good size. Get it while it’s good.

Monday the 6th keeps things clean with cross-off winds. Swell drops to 4 ft to 4 ft from the SSE/SE. Still fun, still rideable – good for the small-wave gear.

Tuesday the 7th is no good. South winds make it lumpy and cross-onshore. Swell jumps to 6 ft but with a short period of only 6-7 seconds. No power, all mess. Skip it.

Wednesday the 8th and Thursday the 9th bring clean, small waves. Offshore and glassy winds again, swell around 4 ft down to 3 ft. The period is decent at 8-10 seconds. Small but clean – a nice session if you’re not fussy.

Friday the 10th is a mixed bag. Morning has a 3 ft ESE swell with cross-on wind – messy. But the afternoon turns glass again: 3 ft from the ESE with a 12-second period. That afternoon window is sneaky good.

Saturday the 11th is marginal – clean but the swell is just sitting there at 5 ft from the ESE. It’s surfable, that’s it.

Now Sunday, July 12th – another standout. Morning glass, a 4 ft swell from the ESE with a very long 13-second period. That’s proper deep ocean energy (combined energy 538). With these long periods at a beach break, the waves might run a bit straight, but the glassy wind should give some nice lines. Worth a look.

The next week (13th to 18th July) gets more complicated. Tuesday morning the 14th of July is the best of that bunch: clean offshore wind, a 5 ft swell from the south at 11 seconds (energy 701). Nice. Wednesday morning the 15th also has offshore wind with a 6 ft short-period swell – clean but short.

From the afternoon of the 15th through to the 18th, swells get big again – over 7 ft up to 8 ft from the south – with clean winds, but they’re warning it’s simply too big for this break. The energy numbers shoot up past 1000 and even hit 1925 on the morning of the 16th. That’s expert territory only, if you’re brave.

So to sum it up: your best bet is Sunday the 5th of July. Backups are Sunday the 12th and Tuesday the 14th. The rest is either too small, too big, or blown sideways. Keep your eyes open and paddle when it’s clean.

Rusty.

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