Catamaran Cruise Grand Baie

"Nous avons réservé une croisière en catamaran à Grand Baie for our anniversary and the north lagoon was glassy by nine in the morning. Sailing past Coin de Mire you realise how tall that island actually is compared with the low green coastline behind you. The crew kept the mainsail up longer than I expected instead of motoring the whole way."

"The catamaran cruise grand baie route out to Îlot Gabriel took about an hour under sail with a steady southeast breeze. Water over the sand flats was the pale turquoise you see in photographs and genuinely that colour in person. Bring a hat because there is very little shade on the trampoline."

"Booking a Grand Baie catamaran tour was the best decision of our week in Mauritius. We anchored off Flat Island where the water was warm enough to stay in for half an hour without shivering, and I could see parrotfish moving across the coral heads below the hull. The barbecue on the aft deck smelled of grilled marlin the whole way back."

"We watched the speedboats bounce past while our catamaran cruise grand baie glided along without much motion at all, which mattered because my wife gets seasick. Îlot Gabriel has a sandbar that appears as the tide drops and you can walk out on it. Crew handed out snorkel gear without any fuss."

"The sailing part of the catamaran cruise grand baie tour was lovely, especially the stretch where the skipper cut the engine entirely. Îlot Gabriel had four other boats moored when we arrived around eleven, so the beach was busier than the photos suggest. Still worth it for the water clarity alone."

"Coming back into Grand Baie with the sun dropping behind the coastline was the part I keep thinking about, all the moored yachts turning to silhouettes. Our croisière en catamaran had maybe fourteen people aboard so there was room to spread out on the netting. The skipper pointed out Pereybere and the reef line as we passed."

"We compared several catamaran cruise grand baie tours before choosing and I am glad we picked a smaller boat. The lagoon between Grand Baie and Flat Island was completely flat that morning and I could see the anchor sitting on the seabed. Lunch was simple grilled fish and rice, served on deck while we were still swimming distance from shore."

"Plenty of operators call it sailing and then motor the whole way, but ours actually raised canvas from the moment we cleared the bay. The Grand Baie boat trip out toward the northern islands gave us about ninety minutes under sail each way. Water temperature felt close to twenty-eight degrees in November."

"The afternoon departure meant a choppier crossing than the morning boats had, and a few people moved back to the cockpit. Once we anchored off Îlot Gabriel it settled completely and the snorkelling over the coral was the highlight for our teenagers. We picked up our catamaran cruise grand baie tickets the day before at the jetty without any trouble."

"Snorkelled straight off the swim ladder into about three metres of water and there were sergeant majors everywhere within a minute. Northern Mauritius landmarks like Coin de Mire look completely different from sea level than they do from the road. Crew were relaxed, the deck shower worked, and nobody rushed us back aboard."