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Anse aux Pins
Anse aux Pins is a small administrative district (about 2.3 km²) on Mahé's east coast, incorporating Soleil Island just offshore. Away from Mahé's main tourist strip, its beach and reef-protected shallows are described in the spot brief as an uncrowded, shallow lagoon well suited to learning.
beginnerflat water
Wind
| season notes | East-facing coast, so it should be best positioned to catch the SE trade wind season (roughly May–September) directly. |
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| wind name | SE trades |
Water
| type | lagoon |
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| wetsuit | boardshorts year-round |
| standing depth | Shallow, reef-protected |
Levels
| beginner | yes |
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| intermediate | yes |
| advanced | no |
| notes | Shallow and reef-protected with little crowd, favoured as a learning spot per local sources. |
Launch & crowd
| vibe | Quiet residential district beach, away from Mahé's main tourist strip |
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Monthly wind statistics
Station: Victoria (Mahé) (weatherspark, ~13 km) — No Windfinder page could be found for Mahé (mahe, mahe_island, victoria, seychelles_international_airport, beau_vallon, anse_royale, pointe_larue, port_launay, anse_boileau, au_cap all 404). Used WeatherSpark's Victoria (Mahé) climate page as fallback. It gives only the windiest (Aug, 16.8 mph) and calmest (Apr, 7.4 mph) month exactly; other months' avg_knots are null. dominant_dir per month is approximated from WeatherSpark's stated seasonal direction date-ranges (N Jan-Mar, W late Mar-Apr, S May-Nov, W late Nov-Dec), not a per-month reading.
| Month | Wind ≥4 Bft | Avg kn | Dir | Air °C | Water °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | —% | — | N | 27.2 | 28.3 |
| Feb | —% | — | N | 27.8 | 28.9 |
| Mar | —% | — | N | 27.8 | 29.4 |
| Apr | —% | 6.4 | W | 28.3 | 29.4 |
| May | —% | — | S | 27.8 | 28.9 |
| Jun | —% | — | S | 26.7 | 27.2 |
| Jul | —% | — | S | 26.1 | 26.1 |
| Aug | —% | 14.6 | S | 26.1 | 26.1 |
| Sep | —% | — | S | 26.7 | 27.2 |
| Oct | —% | — | S | 27.2 | 27.8 |
| Nov | —% | — | S | 27.2 | 28.3 |
| Dec | —% | — | W | 27.2 | 28.3 |
Hazards
- Coral reef, especially at low tide
Travel basics
| airport | SEZ Seychelles International Airport (Mahé) — Anse aux Pins is on the east coast, near the airport |
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Nearby: Beau Vallon, Ile au Cerf / Long Island
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikivoyage.org