Surfing in Senegal in February

Conditions in February

Water temp. : 19 °C
Wetsuit : 3/2 mm fullsuit

February is January again, minus a degree in the water. The North Atlantic is still producing and the north shore of the peninsula is still the answer, which makes this the most dependable stretch of the Senegalese year.

The dry season is at its driest. Some days the harmattan carries dust off the Sahara and the light goes flat and orange, which affects photographs more than it affects surfing.

What it does not do is get warmer. The sea keeps sliding towards the March floor, and a week here in February is a week in a full suit for anybody who feels the cold.

Learning in February

For learning : Good

Yoff on the small days and nothing else. Cold water and reef are not a first week.

Where a beginner goes in February

These spots are reachable all year. What the month changes is the size of the waves, not the access.

Yoff Beach
DakarBeginner

For an experienced surfer

Surf : Very good

The steadiest month of the twelve on Ngor, and the one to pick if you only get one shot at the reefs.

How February compares

All twelve months, side by side

Where these figures come from

Air, rain and sunshine: WMO / NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Agadir Al Massira, a station some twenty kilometres inland and so a little warmer than the coast in summer. Swell, period and share of workable wind: Swell Archive and surf-forecast. Water temperature: seatemperature.org and weather-and-climate. Crowds and prices are an editorial judgement, not a measurement.