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Club med 87.4

#250 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇲🇺 Mauritius · Rivière Noire · near Port Louis

Very consistent, no off season, boardshorts water.

Works all yearWarm waterBeginner friendlyBeginner
Club med, Mauritius
Photo: Ashwin CM · CC BY 2.0 · source · photo taken 1.3 km from the spot
Surf score87.4 /100
Surfable days84% of the year
Clean days43% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell45% period 11 s+
Typical size0.8 m 2.7 ft median
Water26°C boardshorts

Best time to surf Club med

The best time to surf Club med is June, July, August. The season runs Apr to Sep. In July the water sits around 24°C, so pack a rash vest or 2 mm, and the typical wave is 1.1 m. The nearest airport is MRU (38 km) and the nearest town is Port Louis (12 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan78%28%0.8 m27°Cboardies
Feb75%31%0.7 m28°Cboardies
Mar74%30%0.8 m28°Cboardies
Apr91%42%0.8 m28°Cboardies
May93%49%0.8 m27°Cboardies
Jun97%66%1.0 m26°Cboardies
Jul99%83%1.1 m24°Cvest
Aug98%64%0.9 m24°Cvest
Sep95%47%0.8 m24°Cvest
Oct77%36%0.7 m24°Cvest
Nov62%13%0.7 m26°Cboardies
Dec71%24%0.7 m27°Cboardies

What is under Club med

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 48 m.

Depth 8 km out48 m
Depth 4 km out37 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 87.4

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
26.4
Best days 22.4%
6.8
Clean days 18.4%
18.4
Consistency 10.2%
10.1
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
5.8
Access 4.1%
4.1

The detail

Faces 310° with 42% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 95% of days. Mean peak period 12.6 s. Days over 3 m: 0%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.4 m, with a peak period of 14 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 84%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates -20.215, 57.396 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,170/ month
typically €1,030 – €1,310
Rent, one bedroom€615
Groceries€246
Eating out€141
Getting around€80
Phone + internet€86
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,290/ month
typically €2,010 – €2,560
Somewhere to stay€1,350
Eating out€480
Car, transfers, fuel€308
Data + extras€148
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Airport and town on the doorstep, so the local estimate is 23% above the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Mauritius (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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