Grand Anse, Seychelles

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Beau Vallon Beau Vallon, 7 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: SEZ (SEZ), 10 km.

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About Grand Anse

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

The spot faces SW (237°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (57°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 5–20 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 50 m out (1 in 7). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 26°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in March, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Beau Vallon Beau Vallon, 7 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: SEZ (SEZ), 10 km. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots.

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 26 h 50 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to SEZ, changing at Zürich Airport (ZRH).
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Getting there. 30 min from the airport to Grand Anse.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Beau Vallon Beau Vallon, 7 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: SEZ (SEZ), 10 km.
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Forecast

Grand Anse does not suit beginners. This is the forecast for experts, so you can see what it does.

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

Forecast and score for expert surfers at Grand Anse, each day
Day	Scorefor Expert	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	20, too small	5 ft7 shollow	256kJ	wind from the south-east, 11 knots	27°C
Mon 19Oct	46, fair	6 ft6 shollow	313kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 12 knots, offshore	26°C
Tue 20Oct	22, too small	5 ft7 shollow	178kJ	wind from the north-east, 12 knots, offshore	27°C
Wed 21Oct	9, too small	3 ft7 shollow	99kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 13 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	15, too small	3 ft7 shollow	82kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 12 knots, offshore	28°C
Fri 23Oct	15, too small	3 ft6 shollow	66kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, offshore	28°C
Sat 24Oct	12, too small	3 ft6 shollow	55kJ	wind from the south-east, 6 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	12, too small	3 ft6 shollow	55kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 6 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	11, too small	3 ft6 shollow	49kJ	wind from the south-east, 7 knots	28°C
Tue 27Oct	28, too small	4 ft13 shollow	577kJ	wind from the south-east, 4 knots	28°C
Wed 28Oct	0, poor	–	–	–	–

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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to SEZ, changing at ZRH, then 30 min by road. About 26h 50 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 5 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 3 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to SEZ, changing at ZRH, then 30 min by road. About 26h 50 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,075–£2,160 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to SEZ, estimated from distance and season, changing at ZRH, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£805–£1,670
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£15–£30
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£1,075–£2,160

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

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