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Strand Anse Patates Cocos auf der Insel La Digue, Seychellen
Anse Patates. Photo: dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Anse Patates

Surf spot · Seychelles

Is it worth the trip?

56Fair out of 100 for your dates

Usually stay home

Best on Mon 9, usually: typical for the time of year: good on 36% of days

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 55 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 55 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 55 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 55 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 55 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 55 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Mon 9 · 57 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The spot in six facts

  • Faces Ntakes swell from the N
  • Offshore: Swind from the land
  • Intermediate +who it suits
  • Works 3–12 ftof swell
  • Water 29 °Cno wetsuit
  • Best Apr–May, Oct–Nov2 good days in 7

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual surf conditions at Anse Patates, each day of your trip
DaySwellEnergyWindTemp
Tue 3to 8usually4 ft8 s152kJSE27°C
Mon 9usually4 ft7 s116kJSE27°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Map

the spot, its town, photos

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Anse Patates

Bikini Bottom Beach Bar - Anse Severe - La Digue - Seychelles - 01
Photo: NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
LA DIGUE, SEYCHELLES, 2015 - panoramio (10)
Photo: otterboris, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More surf near here

5 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Anse Patates

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated.

The spot faces N (10°), so it takes swell from the N. The wind blows offshore from the S (190°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up, because of a steep sea floor. It works in 3–12 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 8). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 27°C in July, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 30°C in March, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually April, May, October and November, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is La Passe, 1.1 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 9 surf spots and 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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$1,450–US$2,810 each

about US$1,450–US$2,810 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, board and wetsuit.

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 SEZ, estimated from distance and season, changing at ZRH, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$904–US$1,870
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$87–US$147
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$174–US$288
Food7 days eating outabout US$194–US$368
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$87–US$141
Totalabout US$1,450–US$2,810

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: 2 towns

Closest

La Passe

about 5 min by car · 40 places to stay

about US$67/nightcountry average

See 40 places to stay in La Passe · Booking.com

About La Passe its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$67 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 27h 35m

About 27h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SEZ, changing at Zürich Airport (ZRH), then 1h 10m by road

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