Sable Noir Public Beach

What sets it apart

Sable Noir belongs to the west coast by geography and to the Port Louis district by administration: its neighbours along the shore, Flic en Flac and Pointe aux Sables, fall under other districts. In its own, it stands alone. The Port Louis district has only these two public beaches, 1.1 hectares in all, where the north of the island totals close to 90.

The mood

On busy public holidays the beach is covered, along with Pointe aux Sables and Bain des Dames, by the duty ambulance stationed at Albion, near the National Coast Guard post, and attached to Dr A. G. Jeetoo Hospital. Sable Noir is among the island’s heavily used beaches.

Highlights

• The only two public beaches in the Port Louis district
• 1.1 hectares and 330 metres of shoreline in all
• Public since 1999, extended in 2012
• On the west coast, yet in the Port Louis district
• Covered by the Albion duty ambulance on public holidays
• One of the island’s heavily used beaches

Good to know

• Do not look for this beach in the Rivière Noire district: though on the west coast, it lies in that of Port Louis.
• No emergency post is stationed here on public holidays: the base is Albion.

Getting there

The beach lies on the west coast, at Grande Rivière Nord-Ouest, in the Port Louis district, north of Pointe aux Sables. On busy public holidays the nearest emergency post is the Albion ambulance.