Dive today — wave, wind and noticeable surge.
Sources & confidence
Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →
The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.
Our own model
Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.
Safety gates
It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.
A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.
Where to get in, where to hunt
Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.
The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.
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Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.
spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.
Now live: 3016 spots across 406 stretches of coast — mainland Portugal, Madeira and the Azores.
See all spotsRelief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.
The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.
Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.
Open the seafloor mapIsland reef, typical depth 4 m, max 9 m, boat access. Inside Bazaruto Archipelago National Park (approx. boundary): spearfishing is prohibited. Mozambique rules: provincial recreational licence; no scuba and no night spearfishing; keep 100 m from bathers and ports. Coordinates from wannadive.net, approx.
Google MapsReef, depth not stated by the source, boat access. Outer drop-offs fall into deep water fast. Inside Bazaruto Archipelago National Park (approx. boundary): spearfishing is prohibited. Mozambique rules: provincial recreational licence; no scuba and no night spearfishing; keep 100 m from bathers and ports. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap, approx.
Google MapsSOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.
Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.
Mozambique: breath-hold spearfishing needs a provincial recreational fishing licence (Decree 82/2021). Scuba spearfishing and night spearfishing are banned; keep 100 m from bathers, ports and (per Art. 27) corals, estuaries and mangroves; mark your position with a buoy. Sharks, rays, potato bass, red steenbras and turtles are protected. Marine parks (Maputo NP, Bazaruto) restrict or ban spearfishing.
Vilankulo (Vilanculos) has rock entry points such as Magaruque Island reef and Two Mile Reef. Vilankulo is the airport town and boat gateway to the Bazaruto Archipelago, sheltered in the lee of the islands. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.
April–October; November–March is wet with cyclone risk.
About 24–27 °C.
Tofo upwelling makes the water greener (plankton, whale sharks and mantas — both protected); strong channel currents on outer reefs; Bazaruto National Park bans spearfishing (Vilanculos/Inhassoro sites are inside it); 4 m-class tide spread in the north of the region.
Vilankulo (Vilanculos): Mozambique: breath-hold spearfishing needs a provincial recreational fishing licence (Decree 82/2021). Scuba spearfishing and night spearfishing are banned; keep 100 m from bathers, ports and (per Art. 27) corals, estuaries and mangroves; mark your position with a buoy. Sharks, rays, potato bass, red steenbras and turtles are protected. Marine parks (Maputo NP, Bazaruto) restrict or ban spearfishing.
