Mangroves, United Republic of Tanzania

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Chunguruma, is 208 km away. Nearest airport: MYW (MYW), 84 km.

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About Mangroves

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces E (99°), so it takes swell from the E. The wind blows offshore from the W (279°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 25). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 26°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, August and September, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Chunguruma, is 208 km away. Nearest airport: MYW (MYW), 84 km. Within 5 km we also list 5 surf spots.

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Chunguruma, is 208 km away. Nearest airport: MYW (MYW), 84 km.
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Forecast and score for expert surfers at Mangroves, each day
Day	Score for experts	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	20, too small	4 ft6 smushy	114kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 5 knots	29°C
Mon 19Oct	26, too small	5 ft6 smushy	167kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 7 knots	29°C
Tue 20Oct	21, too small	4 ft6 smushy	142kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 5 knots	29°C
Wed 21Oct	16, too small	4 ft6 smushy	73kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots	29°C
Thu 22Oct	15, too small	3 ft6 smushy	71kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	30°C
Fri 23Oct	13, too small	3 ft6 smushy	59kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 7 knots	31°C
Sat 24Oct	20, too small	4 ft6 smushy	86kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots	31°C
Sun 25Oct	15, too small	5 ft7 smushy	162kJ	wind from the south-east, 11 knots	29°C
Mon 26Oct	12, too small	3 ft5 smushy	61kJ	wind from the south-east, 9 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	17, too small	4 ft6 smushy	89kJ	wind from the east, 7 knots	29°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

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6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for expert surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
No way there we can work out.
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 4 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
No way there we can work out.

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