Photo: Mathieu CHIRICO / UnsplashBeach breaks, boardshorts water year-round, quiet nomad scene.
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At a glance
Peak season—47% surfable at peak
Suits—no month clears our bar
Boardboth · longboardbeach
Water26.7–30.8°CBoardshorts most of the year
Internet357 Mbpsmedian download · Ookla
Cost / mo$2,050+all-in, estimated
Where you'll surf — and work, eat, train
3 spots within 25 km · 3 with own season dataspot in season nowout of seasonno dot — no per-spot season data
Hazardsrips
Spot details
- Spot du Souffleur3.1 km
- Plage de la Chapellebeach3.1 km
- Spot De Damencourt21.2 km
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All places (1)
Cafés1 listed
- CHOUKASIKserves coffee — not a dedicated caféView on Google
The surf year
Peak consistency 47% · below our season thresholdSurfable days by month · intermediateBest window — · % of days with rideable surf, ERA5 2015–2024
47peak · Oct
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Swell
midmidmidmidmidsmlmidsmlmidmidmidmid
Wind ok
44%42%46%63%75%58%50%52%74%80%68%41%
Water
27°27°28°28°29°29°30°30°31°30°29°28°
Barsless surfablemore
WaterBoardshorts24°+
How we compute this
Computed from hourly ERA5 / ERA5-Ocean reanalysis (2015–2024): swell reaching this coast × wind quality × size for the chosen level, over daylight hours. Sea temperature 2023–2025.model v3 · computed 2026-09-22 · no forecast — a historical climatologyFull methodology
Surfable days by level, month by month
| Level | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | 32% | 35% | 30% | 24% | 21% | 10% | 5% | 17% | 44% | 43% | 30% | 36% |
| Intermediate | 18% | 18% | 20% | 26% | 18% | 6% | 4% | 14% | 44% | 47% | 39% | 25% |
| Advanced | 12% | 13% | 17% | 19% | 10% | 1% | 1% | 3% | 26% | 31% | 31% | 23% |
Working from here
median 357 Mbps · no known coworking · from $1,180 a month · leans quietInternet speedmedian download · Ookla357 Mbps
Coworking spacesknown in OpenStreetMap0
Quiet ↔ Party28 / 100
Rent rangework-ready studio, monthly · USD$1,180–$2,240
Month all-inrent + living, modeled · USD≈ $2,050–$3,420
Estimated — modeled, not sourcedFind a place to stay
Monthly-stay searches for Port-Louis.We link out — we don't book. Prices and availability live on Agoda, Booking.com and Airbnb. Some links may earn SurfBase a commission — the advice stays free and unchanged.
Getting there
Nearest airportMaryse Condé International Airport
CodePTP
Distance20 km
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Sources & confidence
AI-seeded · not yet human-checkedSee the full methodology for how every figure is computed.Town references: osm · openwateratlas · wikidata · open-meteo · osm-coworking · ourairports · ookla · google-places · open-meteo-skill · osm-poi · ookla-wifi · wb-price-level
Updated 2026-09-22Suggest a correction