Grand anse, Seychelles

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: La Digue, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PRI (PRI), 18 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 SE (134°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (314°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–9 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 450 m out (1 in 43). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. The sea is about 26°C in August, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in March, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, March and April, with about 5 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: La Digue, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PRI (PRI), 18 km. Within 5 km we also list 9 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

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

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From Chicago: about 27 h 35 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. 1 h 10 from the airport to Grand anse.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: La Digue, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: PRI (PRI), 18 km.
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Forecast

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

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Grand anse, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	20, poor	4 ft8 smushy	210kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 13 knots	28°C
Mon 19Oct	20, poor	5 ft7 smushy	191kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 13 knots	27°C
Tue 20Oct	43, fair	3 ft7 smushy	113kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 11 knots	28°C
Wed 21Oct	29, poor	3 ft6 smushy	66kJ	wind from the north, 15 knots, offshore	28°C
Thu 22Oct	29, too small	3 ft7 smushy	70kJ	wind from the north, 11 knots	29°C
Fri 23Oct	26, too small	2 ft7 smushy	53kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	26, too small	2 ft7 smushy	48kJ	wind from the east, 4 knots	28°C
Sun 25Oct	27, too small	3 ft7 smushy	51kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 8 knots	28°C
Mon 26Oct	18, too small	2 ft4 smushy	18kJ	wind from the south-east, 10 knots	29°C
Tue 27Oct	19, too small	2 ft10 smushy	67kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 7 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 intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to SEZ, changing at ZRH, then 1h 10 by road. About 27h 35 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Grand anse
Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 3 ft at 7 s, wind 11 kn (21 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Grand anse
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 3 ft at 6 s, offshore wind.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 34 of 80.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to SEZ, changing at ZRH, then 1h 10 by road. About 27h 35 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,130–£2,245 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
Hire car	6 days, shared	£70–£115
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£1,130–£2,245

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

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