Surfing in Senegal in October

Surfing in Senegal in October

October is the best compromise of the twelve: the first north swells arrive on the warmest water of the year.

  • Water temp.
    29 °C
  • For learning
    Very good
  • The month
    Excellent

Conditions in October

  • Water temp. : 29 °C
  • Wetsuit : Shorty or 2 mm

October is the month to book if the choice is yours. The North Atlantic starts producing again and the first swells reach the north shore, and the sea is at its warmest of the whole year: October edges September by a tenth of a degree.

Every other good month here asks you to pick. December and January have the swell and cold water. June to August have warm water and nothing to surf. October is the fortnight or so in the middle where both are true at once, and the rains are ending.

It is not the biggest month, and Ngor will not be doing what it does in February. It is the month with the fewest compromises, which for a week booked months in advance is a different and usually better thing.

Learning in October

  • For learning : Very good

Warm water, small early-season swell and schools still running. The best month for a mixed group.

Where a beginner goes in October

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

For an experienced surfer

  • Surf : Excellent

The first proper north swells of the season, on water you can still surf without rubber.

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.

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