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Black Rocks Jetty, France

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Powerful Roll Waves
Black Rocks Jetty. Photo: Erland De Vienne, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Black Rocks Jetty

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

The spot faces W (264°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (84°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–11 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 16). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 24°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 29°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, October and November, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Les Trois Bassins, 9.6 km away (about 20 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 11 surf spots, 1 wind sports spot and 7 dive sites.

Water about 25°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 29 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to RUN, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG).

    See flights ORD → RUN · Skyscanner from about £875 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Black Rocks Jetty.

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  3. Accommodation.

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  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for experts, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct193 ft14 shollow276kJ23°C
Mon 19Oct203 ft12 shollow229kJ24°C
Tue 20Oct143 ft12 shollow265kJ22°C
Wed 21Oct244 ft11 shollow298kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct173 ft10 shollow160kJ23°C
Fri 23Oct122 ft9 shollow95kJ23°C
Sat 24Oct102 ft12 shollow65kJ24°C
Sun 25Oct239 ft10 scrumbling1,480kJ25°C
Mon 26Oct5310 ft10 scrumbling2,084kJ21°C
Tue 27Oct587 ft10 shollow884kJ22°C
Wed 28Oct0––––

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.

Your trip, day by day

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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to RUN, changing at CDG, then 55 min by road. About 29h 20 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 4 ft at best.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 3 ft at best.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Too small: 2 ft at best.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to RUN, changing at CDG, then 55 min by road. About 29h 20 door to door

The plan picks the best of 8 spots near Les Trois Bassins each day: Black Rocks Jetty, Black Rocks right, Hermitage Left, Hermitage Right, Les Brisants, Trois Bassins Left, Trois Bassins Peak, Trois Bassins Reef.

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Rough cost

About £1,550–£2,995 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to RUN, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£875–£1,810
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£60–£105
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£255–£425
Food7 days eating out£240–£445
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£85–£145
Total£1,550–£2,995

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Les Trois Bassins

  • L'escale 426Pizza · 0.8 km from the centre
  • Poin Cho0.2 km from the centre
  • Saveurs des hauts1.4 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

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