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Murrebue / Pemba
A far-northern Mozambique spot on Pemba Bay - Africa's third-largest bay - south of Pemba city, with wide reef-fringed beaches and a dry, sunny season from May to November. Much less crowded and less developed for kiting than the country's southern spots.
Wind
| best months |
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| season notes | Dry season (May-Nov) brings the more settled, sunny weather window for this stretch of coast; wet season runs December-April. |
| quality | steady |
Water
| type | reef, mixed |
|---|---|
| temp summer c | 29 |
| temp winter c | 25 |
| wetsuit | boardshorts year-round |
Levels
| beginner | yes |
|---|---|
| intermediate | yes |
| advanced | yes |
| notes | Wide, uncrowded reef-fringed beach suitable for freeride/freestyle; less school infrastructure than Diani or Le Morne. |
Launch & crowd
| vibe | very uncrowded, off-the-beaten-path compared to Mozambique's southern kite towns |
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Monthly wind statistics
Station: Pemba Airport (Weather Spark (monthly figures); Windfinder (station coords/annual summary, no monthly table extractable), ~7.1 km) — Windfinder has a real observation station 'Pemba Airport' (2007-2026, ~7 km from Murrebue) but its windstatistics page did not return an extractable monthly table (JS-rendered chart) - only the annual summary (avg 10 kt, ESE, gusts 26 kt) and coordinates were retrievable, and that annual ESE direction is applied uniformly across months below since no monthly directions were found. Monthly speed/temperature figures instead come from Weather Spark's Pemba reanalysis page. Data-derived peak (May-Aug) matches known_best_months (May-Nov) for the front half of the season but the data doesn't show Sep-Nov as clearly elevated.
| Month | Wind ≥4 Bft | Avg kn | Dir | Air °C | Water °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | —% | 8.4 | ESE | 27.2 | 28.3 |
| Feb | —% | 7.6 | ESE | 27.2 | 28.9 |
| Mar | —% | 7.1 | ESE | 27.2 | 28.9 |
| Apr | —% | 9.2 | ESE | 26.7 | 28.9 |
| May | —% | 10.6 | ESE | 26.1 | 27.8 |
| Jun | —% | 11.2 | ESE | 25 | 26.7 |
| Jul | —% | 11.5 | ESE | 24.4 | 26.1 |
| Aug | —% | 10.6 | ESE | 24.4 | 25.6 |
| Sep | —% | 9.6 | ESE | 25.6 | 25.6 |
| Oct | —% | 9.6 | ESE | 26.7 | 26.7 |
| Nov | —% | 9.4 | ESE | 27.8 | 27.8 |
| Dec | —% | 8.5 | ESE | 27.8 | 28.3 |
Hazards
- coral reef
- remote area with limited rescue infrastructure
Travel basics
Sources: en.wikipedia.org