Trou aux Biches, National cost guard — Pointe aux Piments, the nearest town. Photo: Karsten Ratzke, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

About Pointe aux Piments

Pointe aux Piments is a town in Pamplemousses District, Mauritius. From Pointe aux Piments you can reach 5 surf spots and 1 dive site. The nearest is Tagore, a surf spot 0.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 12 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is MRU, 44 km away.

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Staying in Pointe aux Piments

12 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: MRU, 44 km, RUN, 228 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Pointe aux Piments.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. The best of the spots that stay in Pointe aux Piments each day wears a ★ Best badge, only on a Good day. 2 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for Pointe aux Piments too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert

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Pointe aux piments - Recif Attitude1 kmabout 5 min by car

2 ft32 kJ

3 ft46 kJ

2 ft41 kJ

2 ft75 kJ

2 ft46 kJ

2 ft18 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Pointe aux piments - Recif Attitude, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	12, too small	2 ft6 shollow	32kJ	wind from the east, 15 knots, offshore	27°C
Mon 19Oct	18, too small	3 ft6 shollow	46kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots, offshore	25°C
Tue 20Oct	8, too small	2 ft6 shollow	41kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	11, too small	2 ft9 shollow	75kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	8, too small	2 ft8 shollow	46kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	6, too small	2 ft5 shollow	18kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	4, too small	2 ft6 shollow	18kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 10 knots	25°C

Tagore0.2 kmabout 5 min by car

2 ft32 kJ

3 ft46 kJ

2 ft41 kJ

2 ft75 kJ

2 ft46 kJ

2 ft18 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Tagore, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	15, too small	2 ft6 shollow	32kJ	wind from the east, 15 knots, offshore	27°C
Mon 19Oct	18, too small	3 ft6 shollow	46kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots, offshore	25°C
Tue 20Oct	8, too small	2 ft6 shollow	41kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	11, too small	2 ft9 shollow	75kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots	26°C
Thu 22Oct	8, too small	2 ft8 shollow	46kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 11 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	6, too small	2 ft5 shollow	18kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	4, too small	2 ft6 shollow	18kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 10 knots	25°C

Martin Spot8 kmabout 15 min by carStays in Grand Baie, 5 km

3 ft60 kJ

3 ft87 kJ

3 ft84 kJ

3 ft70 kJ

3 ft48 kJ

2 ft37 kJ

2 ft30 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Martin Spot, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	13, too small	3 ft6 shollow	60kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	14, too small	3 ft6 shollow	87kJ	wind from the east, 14 knots	25°C
Tue 20Oct	14, too small	3 ft6 shollow	84kJ	wind from the east, 14 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	17, too small	3 ft6 shollow	70kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	14, too small	3 ft6 shollow	48kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	25°C
Fri 23Oct	11, too small	2 ft6 shollow	37kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	10, too small	2 ft5 shollow	30kJ	wind from the north-east, 11 knots	25°C

Calamar3 kmabout 5 min by carNeeds 5 ft+

3 ft60 kJ

3 ft87 kJ

3 ft84 kJ

3 ft70 kJ

3 ft43 kJ

2 ft34 kJ

2 ft30 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Calamar, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	15, too small	3 ft6 smushy	60kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots, offshore	28°C
Mon 19Oct	18, too small	3 ft6 smushy	87kJ	wind from the east, 11 knots, offshore	26°C
Tue 20Oct	12, too small	3 ft6 smushy	84kJ	wind from the east, 11 knots, offshore	27°C
Wed 21Oct	11, too small	3 ft6 smushy	70kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 9 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	10, too small	3 ft6 smushy	43kJ	wind from the east, 10 knots, offshore	27°C
Fri 23Oct	9, too small	2 ft6 smushy	34kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots, offshore	27°C
Sat 24Oct	7, too small	2 ft5 smushy	30kJ	wind from the north-east, 9 knots	28°C

Tailors-point11 kmabout 20 min by carStays in Grand Baie, 3 kmNeeds 5 ft+

4 ft117 kJ

5 ft171 kJ

5 ft160 kJ

4 ft125 kJ

4 ft89 kJ

3 ft72 kJ

3 ft58 kJ

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Tailors-point, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	11, too small	4 ft6 smushy	117kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	27°C
Mon 19Oct	15, too small	5 ft6 smushy	171kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	14, too small	5 ft6 smushy	160kJ	wind from the east, 13 knots	26°C
Wed 21Oct	16, too small	4 ft6 smushy	125kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 10 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	13, too small	4 ft6 smushy	89kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	26°C
Fri 23Oct	9, too small	3 ft6 smushy	72kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	9, too small	3 ft6 smushy	58kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 9 knots	27°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Pointe aux Piments, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Dive near Pointe aux Piments

Stella Maru Wreck 0.5 km · stays here

Places to eat near Pointe aux Piments

Cabane du FilaoSeafood · 1.2 km from the centre
La Casa, Le VictoriaItalian · 1.7 km from the centre
La Faya Restaurant0.5 km from the centre
180 Degrees0.9 km from the centre
Île Maurice ocean IndienIndian · 1.0 km from the centre
Morris BeefSteakhouse · 1.8 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius