Proclaimed public beach

Poste Lafayette Public Beach

Poste Lafayette is a public beach in the Flacq district, on the east coast of Mauritius. It is made up of four sections: the first, close to one hectare and some 130 metres of shoreline, public since 1990; the police memorial section, 7.2 hectares and 620 metres, since 1991; a third, 0.4 hectare and 30 metres, also since 1991; and a last one, 0.6 hectare, added in 2024. Together they cover 9.1 hectares; the first three sections total 780 metres of shoreline.

At a glance

Beach: Public beach in four sections, 9.1 hectares: close to one hectare and 130 metres of shoreline, since 1990; near the police memorial, 7.2 hectares and 620 metres, since 1991; 0.4 hectare and 30 metres, since 1991; 0.6 hectare, since 2024. The first three total 780 metres of shoreline

What sets it apart

On busy public holidays a duty ambulance attached to SAJ Hospital stands near the toilet block and also covers Bras d’Eau public beach. Poste Lafayette is among the island’s heavily used beaches. And its public domain is still growing: it is one of the beaches enlarged in 2024.

The mood

The main section is found by the police memorial, the duty ambulance by the toilet block. Three sections out of four are small; the memorial one alone covers 7.2 hectares.

Highlights

Four sections, public since 1990, 1991 and 2024
9.1 hectares, of which 7.2 for the police memorial section alone
780 metres of shoreline for the first three sections, plus that of 2024
Duty ambulance on public holidays, near the toilet block, attached to SAJ Hospital
Base for Bras d’Eau public beach
One of the island’s heavily used beaches

Good to know

This is the emergency point for this part of the east coast on public holidays: the ambulance stands near the toilet block and also covers Bras d’Eau.
The beach has a toilet block.
With the section added in 2024, the shoreline exceeds the 780 metres of the first three.

Getting there

The beach lies on the east coast, in the Flacq district, north of Belle Mare and south of Roches Noires. The toilet block is its landmark.

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