Chocas Mar

Mossuril, Nampula Province, Mozambique

Today at a glance

Best: 1 pm to sunset, sunset 5:17 pm

5 am
9.6
14 km/h9 mph wind, Excellent

6 am
8.8
16 km/h10 mph wind, Excellent

7 am
7.8
23 km/h14 mph wind, Great

8 am
7.5
25 km/h16 mph wind, Great

9 am
7.9
25 km/h16 mph wind, Great

10 am
8.0
25 km/h15 mph wind, Great

11 am
7.9
25 km/h15 mph wind, Great

Now
7.8
25 km/h16 mph wind, Great

1 pm
8.1
24 km/h15 mph wind, Great

2 pm
8.2
24 km/h15 mph wind, Great

3 pm
8.5
23 km/h15 mph wind, Excellent

4 pm
8.6
23 km/h14 mph wind, Excellent

5 pm
9.1
22 km/h14 mph wind, Excellent

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 1 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air: 34°C92°F
Water: 26°C80°F
Wind: 2516 km/hmph NNE
Gusts: 5333 km/hmph
Waves: 0.7 m2 ft
UV: 9 very high
Tide: rising
Rain: 0%
Sunset: 5:17 pm

Today

9.6Excellent5 am149

8.8Excellent6 am1610

7.8Great7 am2314

7.5Great8 am2516

7.9Great9 am2516

8.0Great10 am2515

7.9Great11 am2515

7.8GreatNow2516

8.1Great1 pm2415

8.2Great2 pm2415

8.5Excellent3 pm2315

8.6Excellent4 pm2314

9.1Excellent5 pm2214

Sat

9.1Excellent5 am43

8.9Excellent6 am42

8.4Great7 am74

7.2Great8 am106

8.2Great9 am159

9.2Excellent10 am1711

9.4Excellent11 am1610

9.4Excellent12 pm1811

9.5Excellent1 pm1811

9.5Excellent2 pm1711

9.6Excellent3 pm1610

9.9Excellent4 pm128

10.0Excellent5 pm106

Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

High 1 pm, 1.5 m5 ft
Low 7 pm, -0.9 m3 ft
High 2 am, 1.7 m6 ft
Low 8 am, -1.2 m4 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

About Chocas Mar

Chocas Mar is a beach in Nampula Province, Mozambique. OpenStreetMap lists a village named Chocas Mar located 732 meters away from the beach. The nearest airport is Aerodromo do Lumbo, which is 13 kilometers from the beach.

From Wikipedia

Chocas Mar is a long pristine beach in Nampula Province in Mozambique. It is about 40km north of the Island of Mozambique across the Mossuril Bay. Chocas Mar is accessible either by unpaved road or boat.

Source: Chocas Mar on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town: 730 m0.5 miChocas Mar (village)
Nearest airport: 13 km8 miAerodromo do Lumbo (LFB)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Where to stay near the beach

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Partner links

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

Sat10.0 ExcellentBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 0%
Sun8.3 GreatBest 5 am to 6 pmWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 4%
Mon9.5 ExcellentBest 10 am to 6 pmWind up to 19 km/h11 mph, rain 0%
Tue9.3 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 15%
Wed9.9 ExcellentBest 5 am to 10 amWind up to 26 km/h16 mph, rain 2%
Thu8.7 ExcellentBest 5 am to 11 amWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 18%