What's on in Praslin, Seychelles through the year

Busy — Festive season peak, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Hawksbill nesting (1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually)), The northwest monsoon (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Festive season peak (15 Dec – 10 Jan (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Hawksbill nesting (1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually)), The northwest monsoon (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

• Season

  The calm between monsoons

  25 Mar – 10 May · usuallyDive season

  The turn between the two winds: barely any breeze, water like a pool and the visibility divers come for. October gives you a shorter version of the same thing.

Still on: The northwest monsoon (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: The calm between monsoons (25 Mar – 10 May (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Season

  Southeast trades and the seaweed

  15 May – 30 Sep · usuallyWind seasonRisk

  The trades take the humidity out of the air but push seaweed onto the south and east beaches and chop the water up. Anse Lazio faces the other way and stays sheltered, which is why everyone ends up there.

Still on: The calm between monsoons (25 Mar – 10 May (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Southeast trades and the seaweed (15 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Southeast trades and the seaweed (15 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Southeast trades and the seaweed (15 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Southeast trades and the seaweed (15 May – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Festival Kreol, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

• Nature

  Hawksbill nesting

  1 Oct – 28 Feb · usuallyTurtle nesting

  Hawksbills come up the beaches on Praslin and Curieuse through the southern summer, and unusually for turtles they do it in daylight. November and December are the peak.

• Festival

  Festival Kreol

  24 Oct – 5 Nov · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  The Creole festival runs at the end of October across Mahé, Praslin and La Digue: moutya and kamtole, food stalls, a parade and the one week the islands put their own culture in front of the beaches. Source ↗

Busy — Festival Kreol, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  The northwest monsoon

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · usually

  Hotter, wetter and much calmer: short heavy rain most days, glass-flat mornings, and the seaweed moving round to the north and west beaches instead.

Still on: Hawksbill nesting (1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually)), Festival Kreol (24 Oct – 5 Nov (usually))

Busy — Festive season peak, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Festive season peak

  15 Dec – 10 Jan · usuallyChristmas & New YearCrowdedBook early

  The European winter and the local school break land together, and Praslin's small stock of rooms sells at the year's top rate. The Baie Sainte Anne ferry runs full in both directions. Source ↗

Still on: Hawksbill nesting (1 Oct – 28 Feb (usually)), The northwest monsoon (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually))