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Grand Baie, La Cuvette Beach
Grand Baie, the nearest town, 6 km away. Photo: ZoschH, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Espace Marin

Sailing spot · Mauritius

Is it worth the trip?

24Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Tue 3: 9 kn gusting 22

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 42 out of 100

Wind
ENE 8 knF3
Gusts
19kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
28°C

Tue 3 · 50 out of 100

Wind
E 9 knF3
Gusts
19kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 30 out of 100

Wind
ESE 10 knF3
Gusts
20kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
ESE 12 knF4
Gusts
25kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 14 knF4
Gusts
27kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 13 knF4
Gusts
25kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 13 knF4
Gusts
25kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
28°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 152, fair
  2. Mon 263, good
  3. Tue 366, good
  4. Wed 477, good
  5. Thu 564, good
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 732, poor
  8. Sun 864, good
  9. Mon 964, good
  10. Tue 1080, good

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Espace Marin
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov52, fairwind from the east-north-east, 12 knotsF425kn––28°C
Mon 2Nov63, goodwind from the east-north-east, 8 knotsF319kn––28°C
Tue 3Nov66, goodwind from the east, 9 knotsF319kn––28°C
Wed 4Nov77, goodwind from the east-south-east, 10 knotsF320kn––29°C
Thu 5Nov64, goodwind from the east-south-east, 12 knotsF425kn––28°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the east, 14 knotsF427kn––28°C
Sat 7Nov32, poorwind from the east, 13 knotsF425kn––27°C
Sun 8Nov64, goodwind from the east, 13 knotsF425kn––28°C
Mon 9Nov64, goodwind from the east, 12 knotsF425kn––27°C
Tue 10Nov80, goodwind from the east-north-east, 11 knotsF422kn––27°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May5of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug6of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep6of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct6of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov5of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec6of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Espace Marin

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. We don't know which way the shore faces here, so we can't warn of offshore wind: kite and windsurf aren't scored.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it. The town to stay in is Grand Baie.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,340–US$2,660 each

about US$1,340–US$2,660 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MRU, estimated from distance and season, changing at CDG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$985–US$2,040
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$67–US$114
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$134–US$221
Food7 days eating outabout US$154–US$281
Totalabout US$1,340–US$2,660

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Grand Baie

Closest

Grand Baie

10 min by car · 83 places to stay

about US$47/nightcountry average

See 83 places to stay in Grand Baie · Booking.com

About Grand Baie its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$47 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 29h 30m

About 29h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MRU, changing at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), then 1h 05m by road

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