Best time to fish in Morrumbene

Today, Thursday, October 29, 2026 · local time (GMT+2) · Inhambane, Mozambique Today, Thu, Oct 29 · GMT+2

Today's rating Average day 6 out of 10

Best time today 6:50–7:40 am Also 5:50–7:50 pm and 12:00–1:30 am

High tides: 6:36 am and 6:46 pm
Major periods: 12:58–2:58 am and 1:30–3:30 pm
Solunar activity: Medium
Sun: 4:55 am–5:50 pm

Today, Thursday, October 29, the best time to fish in Morrumbene is 6:50 am to 7:40 am, with the 6:36 am high tide, moonset, a light onshore breeze and some swell, though with rising pressure. It's an average day (6/10). Today is the best day this week.

Your day in Morrumbene at a glance

Night Day Tide Major Minor Best windows 1 6:50–7:40 am2 5:50–7:50 pm3 12:00–1:30 am

The strip runs from midnight to midnight, local time. Night in gray, daylight in yellow; the blue curve is the tide; below, the solunar periods and the best windows.

Fishing forecast for the next 7 days

Day	Rating	Best times	High tides	Moon
Today	6average day	6:50–7:40 am5:50–7:50 pm	▲ 6:36 am ▲ 6:46 pm	Waning gibbous
Fri 30	5average day	6:10–8:10 am12:10–2:10 am	▲ 7:09 am ▲ 7:20 pm	Waning gibbous
Sat 31	6average day	4:30–5:10 am3:40–5:40 pm	▲ 7:43 am ▲ 7:56 pm	Waning gibbous
Sun 1	6average day	5:20–6:20 pm4:30–5:20 am	▲ 8:24 am ▲ 8:41 pm	Last quarter
Mon 2	5average day	5:20–6:20 pm4:00–7:00 am	▲ 9:21 am ▲ 9:42 pm	Waning crescent
Tue 3	5average day	5:50–7:30 pm4:30–5:20 am	▲ 11:17 am	Waning crescent
Wed 4	4fair day	6:40–8:10 am7:00–9:00 pm	▲ 1:09 am ▲ 1:46 pm	Waning crescent

Each day's rating comes from the tide, the solunar periods, the light and, when we have the forecast, the weather.

What can you catch in Morrumbene?

Sport fishing species with the most records within about 19 mi of Morrumbene: veined squid, striped mullet, great barracuda, sand steenbras and narrow-barred Spanish mackerel.

Veined squid Loligo forbesii · cephalopod · 697 records Photo: Comingio Merculiano (1845–1915) · public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Striped mullet Mugil cephalus · fish · 344 records Photo: Roberto Pillon · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda · fish · 201 records Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Sand steenbras Lithognathus mormyrus · fish · 161 records Photo: Marrabbio2 · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus commerson · fish · 68 records Photo: Wikimedia Commons · public domain
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus · fish · 67 records Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD
Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix · fish · 59 records Photo: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC. · public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1. JanJ
2. FebF
3. MarM
4. AprA
5. MayM
6. JunJ
7. JulJ
8. AugA
9. SepS
10. OctO
11. NovN
12. DecD

These are sightings and catches recorded since 1970 (reports from divers and anglers, scientific surveys and museum collections), not a promise that you will catch them. The months come from sightings only, adjusted for how many there are each month; hatched months have too few to tell.

Source: GBIF.org, which also gathers OBIS data. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0, from 1,130 datasets (retrieved October 24, 2026). Where the data comes from

Photos: each species' image on Wikidata (Wikimedia Commons) or, if there isn't one, one from GBIF; only licences that allow this use, each with its author and licence.

How we work out the best time

We score every moment of the day, every 10 minutes, with simple rules anglers have used for decades:

Tide: 2 to 3.5 points in the hour before and the hour after each high and low tide. Spring tides (high coefficient) score more, because the water moves faster.
Solunar: 2.5 points in the major periods (moon overhead or underfoot) and 1.5 in the minor ones (moonrise and moonset).
Light: 2 points at dawn and dusk, from first light to the end of the morning golden hour and from the evening golden hour to the end of twilight.
Weather: falling pressure adds 1 point and rising pressure takes 1 away; wind takes points away from force 4 (about 12 mph), up to 5 points in a gale; waves of 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft add half a point (they stir up the water) and from 8.2 ft they take points away (up to 4).
Best windows: the stretches of 40 minutes to 3 hours with the most points, at least an hour apart.
Day's rating out of 10: the best window (up to 5), the moon (up to 2, near new or full moon), the tide coefficient (up to 2) and whether a solunar period lines up with sunrise or sunset (1). Without a tide, we score out of 8 and scale it to 10. Good weather adds up to 1 point and bad weather pulls it down.

Today: best window 3.4 of 5, moon 1 of 2, coefficient 2 of 2 and lineup 0 of 1.

It's a guide, not a guarantee: fish don't read tide tables. Always check the sea conditions and local fishing rules before you go.

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Questions about fishing in Morrumbene

What's the best time to fish in Morrumbene today?

6:50 am to 7:40 am, with the 6:36 am high tide, moonset, a light onshore breeze and some swell, though with rising pressure. Also 5:50 pm to 7:50 pm and 12:00 am to 1:30 am. Today's rating: 6/10 (average day).

What about tomorrow? When's the best time to fish in Morrumbene?

Tomorrow, Friday, October 30: 6:10 am to 8:10 am, with a rating of 5/10.

Which day this week is best for fishing in Morrumbene?

Thursday, October 29, at 6/10. Its best window is 6:50 am to 7:40 am.

What can you catch in Morrumbene?

Sport fishing species with the most records within about 19 mi of Morrumbene: veined squid, striped mullet, great barracuda, sand steenbras and narrow-barred Spanish mackerel. These are sightings and catches recorded in GBIF and OBIS, not a promise that you will catch them.

When are the solunar periods in Morrumbene today?

Major: 12:58–2:58 am and 1:30–3:30 pm. Minor: 6:48–7:48 am and 9:13–10:13 pm. Solunar activity today: medium.

Does the tide affect fishing in Morrumbene?

Yes. Today high tide is at 6:36 am and 6:46 pm and low tide at 12:33 am and 12:44 pm, with a tide coefficient of 91 (spring tides). The hours around each tide change tend to fish best, because moving water carries food.

How is the rating worked out?

From the tide, the solunar periods, the light at dawn and dusk, the moon phase and, when we have the forecast, the pressure, the wind and the waves. Each factor gives a fixed number of points and the rating sums them up out of 10.

Does it take the weather into account?

Yes. During today's best window: rising pressure (+0.11 inHg in 24 h), light onshore wind (10 mph) and some swell (2.0 ft waves) to stir the water. Strong wind and big waves lower the rating; falling pressure raises it a little.

More about Morrumbene today

Our own calculation: tide from Inhambane (TICON-4), sun and moon with astronomy-engine and, when available, weather and sea from Open-Meteo (ECMWF, NOAA GFS and Copernicus Marine, CC BY 4.0). Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database). Source: Hart-Davis, M., Dettmering, D., Seitz, F. (2025), TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records, SEANOE, https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified: see https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database#modifications-to-source-data

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