Cyclone DINEO will very likely hit Inhambane and surrounds, head on. Tomorrow?!
Winds were predicted as low as 120 to 140 kmh, but this is all changing fast as the tropical storm eagerly upgrades itself. It’s winds tomorrow are now being shouted about at up to 200kmh.
So it’s all very serious if you live there, or are holidaying there now.
Signs of the trouble permeated an otherwise lovely summers day in Vilanculos, as deep dark clouds started to form up and move in, reported by Carlos Carvalhos of MozInfo.
The weather in Natal is glorious today – the odd shower, that’s it.
We will endeavour for more photos and news updates, as the next 24 hours progresses.
Enjoy a great little video shot by Artsurfer.nl on a recent trip to Casa Frenzy. She was diving with Diversity Scuba in Tofo.
More about Casa Frenzy…
Casa Frenzy, a beautifully designed and built beach house, half way between Barra and Tofo – right on the beach – is now available for holiday rental.
The self catering elegently luxurious house is filled with fun features. Conversation corners, outdoor kitchen, barbecue area, coffee spots, reading hideaways – even a tiny studio well lit and breezy for painting. Yep, a painting corner!
The house has been carefully created to facilitate a honeymoon couple, or a group of 5 or 6. Bedrooms can become totally private or totally open – depending on your requirements.
Solar power handles lighting and cellphones – anything USB really. Hot water comes from the sun too. Cooking is by gas – so you really are off-the-grid. Except for the generator which powers the refrigeration requirements of the lodge.
There are actually 4 houses in total, to rent, all around Casa Frenzy. Prices are very reasonable, and any specific requirements can easily be discussed over email at umzimkulu@gmail.com. Click here for more Casa Frenzy pics and information.
To get out to Croc Rock reef as seen on TV above, many dive operators offer ocean safari and scuba trips…just book in and hop on!
In fact it was 5.7 a few weeks before Praveen Ghordan was almost lynched by the mob.
And it ain’t gonna change anytime soon, except for the metical worsening as our two governments vie for the title of worst performing currencies on the entire modern world, against the ever climbing US dollar.
Firstly, Praveen is back in, so the Rand looks to stabilise.
Secondly, and most importantly, the subterfuge deals thrown together by the Russians and the French for Mozambique, er Frelimo, to squander (read steal) BILLIONS, will never really be undone. There will always be a dark shadow over the metical thrown by these giants who slay small vulnerable countries like Mozambique, for breakfast.
So a bleak outlook for a bunch of innocent people here in Mozambique. Whilst Gubueza, the architect of the mess he left conveniently in time for Nyuse to wallow in, heads up corporates now, without batting en eyelid in recognition of what he has done to the people of Mozambique.
Prices have started to rise – but how can the people afford them? Electricity was hiked 20% lately. But for now, prices are staying the same. A 2M still costs 60 Mets in the market, even 50 in some shops. That’s uh, R10!
The two countries, the two beautiful and once prosperous countries, have gone to the dogs. Well, the ruling parties, at least. Who have pissed on every lamp post.
But without wondering if it was our fault for giving it all away to the multitudes – led once by the leader of all time, our Mandela, but now by errant puppies – just go on holiday and milk the situation for while it lasts.
Or before the Metical is replaced by the Yen, and the Rand by the Dollar.
With the flurry of investment that has been going on here in Tofo the past decade, surfing accommodation in Tofo presents many options nowadays. Surfing accommodation defined as being in close proximity to all the breaks in the area – there are 14 with names here in Tofo so far, many more without.
Tofinho is the main draw card but with surf tours, jet skis and SUPs littering the once lonely line-up, it is nothing more than a decoy to hide what really happens around here.
Accessibility is one issue. Local knowledge the other.
We go by boat. And I live on these waters.
Our 4WDs will get us to at least some of the places we like to surf. The others are way out to sea. Sandbanks that run for miles. Superbanks without names. An ever changing stretching swathe of sandy coastline that goes for miles and gets moulded and brushed continually by weird currents, backwashes and rips. Interrupted occasionally by a cranking right hand reef break or slab or superbank.
If you are planning a trip over here and aim to score some really-hard to describe freaks of nature type waves, then time it with us.
February it hots up as the cyclonic systems hanging around Madagascar start to line up and spit the swells to us in the exact right direction. It’s a short period hard ground swell that hardly lets up. Paddle outs and takeoffs are brutal. You better be fit. Very hard barreling waves that are super fast over shallow sand. Hectic sections, but makeable. Thick lips. Sweet beatings. Roasties.
Casa Algodoal puts you right in the sweet spot – Krusty performing.
You gonna need 3 weeks or more, we don’t like coming back at this time, through to June, when the south swells and systems take over again. Boring. Back to Jbay. And Tofinho. Etc…But you can join us wherever we are easily enough. We arrange all of that for you. Just fly into Inhambane airport.
You got to come prepared for survival. Waterproof everything. Your own medical kit. All manners of communication, charging and entertainment equipment. Very strong boards and leashes. Tent and hammock. We gonna be camping, sleeping on the boat, the beach, and then a well-deserved lodge a few nights every now and then.
We gonna catch our meals and eat meat at restaurants we encounter. There are many local stores that carry beer, milk, fresh veggies, fruit etc…wherever we go. It’s an amazing lifestyle that for a few months of the year also produces waves like you will dream about forever after.
To get in touch, email me on umzimkulu@gmail.com
Alternative surfing accommodation in Tofo – in da barrel
Casa Algodoal early season accommodation specials at Praia do Tofo
Early season accommodation specials at Praia do Tofo include the fabulous Casa Algodoal, as can be seen below.
This spot literally hangs out onto Tofo Beach – views to the horizon.
Where you can literally spot the odd manta ray, dolphins – even a whale shark as they also start moving in for the season – right off the verandah!
The December season, which is promising to be fantastic and fun as it always has been – is right around the corner?! Tofo has long been a great place to socialise and party, in amongst all the other activities like…scuba and snorkel, surfing, fishing, exploring, cruising the markets, eating at the fusion cuisine styled restaurants and just plain hanging on the beach and in the water.
For more information or to make a booking request, click here.
See you on the beach!
Tofinho is around the corner on the next headland south. Incredible barrel waves.
