PAYING THE REEF PASS TROLL
One Eye is the heaviest wave in Le Morne, but the biggest danger here is elsewhere. If you look at pictures from above, you can see that the entire lagoon, with everything that grows in it, directs towards one large exit. The waves push the water over the shallow reef and all that water leaves the lagoon through a massive channel. Once you break your gear nearby, you have no chance other than getting rescued. Swimming against the current with an outgoing tide is hopeless. If you break stuff close to the middle reef, or far out in Manawa, there’s only on direction: Out to sea. Sounds like a horribly dangerous and pretty hardcore place, but actually, if you follow a few simple rules, you’re going to have the time of your life in Mauritius – no matter what sailing level you bring. From freeriding in the crystal clear lagoon, bump and jump conditions at the middle reef, sideshore wave riding at the outer reef of Manawa, or the hollow speed rush that One Eye offers, there’s a place for every level. If you never go sailing alone and just during the times the lifeguards are on duty, there’s always someone who can catch you when you need it. The guys from the Club Mistral station usually make a round through the lagoon with their boat around 5 p.m., that’s the time to leave the water – even when the conditions are on and it’s just too tempting to stay out for that ‘one last wave’.