Mocambique Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s on offer for the Mocambique stretch over the next couple of weeks. First up, don’t get too excited for the first few days—there’s a bit of a wait before things clean up.

We’ve got a pretty solid run of surf coming, but the early part of the week is a write-off. Wednesday and Thursday of this week are too big and messy. Swell is pushing 8 ft on Wednesday morning with a cross-on wind, so it’s unruly. By Thursday morning the swell drops to 5 ft from the SE, period of 11 seconds, with a clean cross-off breeze from the NNW. That’s a much better look—clean waves and decent energy at 631 (moderate energy). Thursday afternoon holds similar conditions with 5 ft SE swell, still clean. Those two sessions on Thursday are the first real windows.

Friday morning is small and choppy with onshore wind, and it stays poor right through Saturday and Sunday. Expect a few days of small, junky, rain-affected slop. Monday the 7th of September sees the swell bump up again to 7 ft from the S, but it’s still cross-on and messy—too big for the break setup and not clean.

Now, here’s the standout window. Tuesday the 8th of September morning is where it’s at. The wind goes glassy—WNW at 3 mph—with a clean 5 ft SSE swell, period of 10 seconds. Energy is moderate at 447. That is the pick of the forecast: clean, well-sized, and the swell direction (SSE) aligns pretty well with the optimum SE direction for this spot. Could get a bit of crowd action here since it’s exposed and fairly consistent, but with the quality on offer it’s worth the company.

Wednesday the 9th of September morning also looks very promising. A 7 ft ENE swell with a period of 7 seconds—short period, so not a classic groundswell—but the wind is offshore from the NW at 6 mph, giving clean conditions. Energy is moderate at 525. That’s another good call, though shorter period means the waves will be a bit weaker and more crumbly.

After that, it gets poor again from Thursday through the weekend, with onshore winds and lumpy conditions. There’s a far-off tease around Monday the 14th of September: a 5 ft SSE groundswell with a 11-second period, clean cross-off from the NNW. That’s a long-range promising one, but don’t bank on it yet. By Tuesday the 15th, it’s still clean but dropping in size. The second week is mostly small or windy, with a couple of marginal clean windows.

Water temp is sitting at 66°F, which is about average for this time of year—no drama there.

So here’s the call: if you can only surf one session, make it Tuesday morning the 8th of September. Glassy, clean, 5 ft SSE swell. That’s the one. Wednesday morning the 9th is a solid backup with offshore winds.

Stay patient, lads. This stretch comes good eventually.

Rusty.

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