Martello, Mauritius

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Grande Rivière Noire, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: MRU (MRU), 35 km.

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About Martello

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

The spot faces W (282°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (102°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 4–15 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 10). 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 28°C in January, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, November and December, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Grande Rivière Noire, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: MRU (MRU), 35 km. Within 5 km we also list 3 surf spots and 2 wind sports spots.

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 25 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to MRU, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG). About 14 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 55 min from the airport to Martello.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Grande Rivière Noire, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: MRU (MRU), 35 km.
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Forecast

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

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Martello, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	26, too small	3 ft9 shollow	112kJ	wind from the west, 2 knots	26°C
Mon 19Oct	33, too small	3 ft11 shollow	185kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 4 knots, offshore	26°C
Tue 20Oct	20, too small	2 ft9 shollow	88kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 2 knots	25°C
Wed 21Oct	41, fair	3 ft12 shollow	288kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 4 knots	25°C
Thu 22Oct	21, too small	3 ft10 shollow	171kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	24°C
Fri 23Oct	10, too small	2 ft10 shollow	60kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 9 knots	23°C
Sat 24Oct	9, too small	2 ft8 shollow	35kJ	wind from the west, 8 knots	25°C
Sun 25Oct	27, poor	4 ft11 shollow	325kJ	wind from the south-west, 10 knots	24°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	11 ft12 shollow	2,995kJ	wind from the south-east, 11 knots	25°C
Tue 27Oct	0, too big	8 ft10 shollow	1,195kJ	wind from the west, 11 knots	24°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 MRU, changing at CDG, then 55 min by road. About 29h 25 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Martello
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 12 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 27 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 MRU, changing at CDG, then 55 min by road. About 29h 25 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,205–£2,400 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 MRU, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£880–£1,825
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		£1,205–£2,400

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

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