🇸🇳 Ngor Island
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Best directionW
Wind speed15–25kt
SeasonJan – Jun
Skill levelAdvanced
WaterWaves
Ridden forKitesurfing
A small island just off Dakar's Ngor beach, with a genuinely powerful reef wave that's put this stretch of coast on the world wave-riding map.
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Getting thereOnly reachable by a short 5-10 minute public or private wooden pirogue boat from the Ngor beach docks in northern Dakar. No cars on the island — gear is…
HazardsSurrounded by real open-ocean swell, a crushing shorebreak, and sharp sea urchins covering the underwater volcanic reef flats. True beginners should avoid this…
Best time of dayAfternoon, when regional trades get thermally accelerated off the dry West African interior. After 2pm gives the breeze…
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