Rivière des Galets, Mauritius

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Le Morne, 15 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: MRU (MRU), 25 km.

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About Rivière des Galets

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

The spot faces S (189°), so it takes swell from the S. The wind blows offshore from the N (9°). 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 moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 25). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would crumble. 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, March and October, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Le Morne, 15 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: MRU (MRU), 25 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 surf spots.

Water about 24°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 29 h 15 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. ORD to MRU, changing at CDG. About 14 flights a week that month.
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Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Rivière des Galets.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Le Morne, 15 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: MRU (MRU), 25 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 Rivière des Galets, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	38, fair	4 ft6 smushy	98kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots	27°C
Mon 19Oct	32, poor	5 ft7 smushy	162kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots	26°C
Tue 20Oct	38, fair	4 ft7 smushy	117kJ	wind from the east, 12 knots	27°C
Wed 21Oct	64, good	4 ft11 shollow	388kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	57, good	3 ft10 shollow	208kJ	wind from the east, 8 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	29, poor	3 ft6 smushy	60kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 9 knots	26°C
Sat 24Oct	29, poor	3 ft6 smushy	53kJ	wind from the south-west, 5 knots	27°C
Sun 25Oct	48, good	3 ft10 shollow	229kJ	wind from the south-west, 7 knots	27°C
Mon 26Oct	0, too big	12 ft12 smushy	3,581kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 11 knots	23°C
Tue 27Oct	0, too big	9 ft10 scrumbling	1,414kJ	wind from the east, 10 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 45 min by road. About 29h 15 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Rivière des Galets
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, wind 12 kn (22 km/h).
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Rivière des Galets
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 4 ft at 11 s, wind 6 kn (12 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Rivière des Galets
Best 13:00 to 16:00 local time: 3 ft at 10 s, wind 8 kn (15 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 33 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 30 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to MRU, changing at CDG, then 45 min by road. About 29h 15 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,180–£2,360 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
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£45–£75
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£1,180–£2,360

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

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