Surf rules?????

Hey Yankee
Lodging western style with toilet, shower, running water, power and internet is pretty expensive here in Senegal. As you also see on my prices.
You can also live low life style, but then you will not be sure to have all the above mentioned. The you can get a room for 10 USD per day. We are at the end of the Sahara dessert, so nothing grows and water is precious. Morocco is the cheap "semi African" solution it's much cheaper, but then you will also have to share the good waves with 40 others.

 

Thanks Metard

Guess it's also due to over crowded spots and a couple of ....... can destroy any kind of lineup. We are at least so lucky to have few people in the water. So still super fun to be sharing waves with locals and tourists.

 

I am a blond Danish guy Decided to move here as it's the most amazing place I have ever been with still uncrowded nice waves. Super low crime rate and no one bather you.

Yes, the video is taken at NGor right the same wave as them surfed in the first Endlesssummer movie

One more movie here from NGor right and left
[video=youtube;5cYya5HNUB4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cYya5HNUB4[/video]

 

Thanks BBG
First I was curious to see it this was a serious forum or just people spamming and giving people .....
I have the list on my homepage and quite a lot of my guests vising the surfcamp read them, so far load of positive responds. From beginners and also the more experienced surfers. As I have quite a lot of people reading the surf rules I wanted to update, improve the list.
The surf rules are translated into 6 different languages, so it's easier for people to understand.
So first I'll update the english version and do all the translations.

 

I am Danish and discovered this place 8 year ago and choose to go here to start up a surf camp.
By now most of the waves on the West African coast line has been discovered, as there is surfers living all along the coast line. Morocco is catching all the north swells from the Atlantic, making it perfect as they have loads of good points and off shore wind most of the winter. Dakar is the next place picking up north swells and the good thing here is that we also get the south swell with long periods, so we have consistent waves all year around. Then there is Liberia and Ivory coast picking up the south swell as well, that's pretty much it along the coast line here. All the other countries around only have beach breaks that gets max. waist high.

We live next to Dakar witch is pretty developed, with modern shopping centers aso. ASDL 3G 4G internet, stabile power. On the little island where we live there is no power though, but with solar, wind and a generator that's all solved. Best of all 20 nice point breaks within 10 minutes by boat

Some Europeans are coming here to surf as most Europeans are use to travel. Even 27 percent of the visitors on my homepage are from the US I have less than 10 US guests per year. As I understand from forums and talking to people, Americans are very scared of coming here.
Some of the reasons:
1. It's a Muslim country = they are all terrorists
2. It¨s very dangerous to be here!!! Last year 4 murders where registered in Dakar (city with 3 million people) If you look at statistics it's much more safe than anywhere in the US. You can walk around the slum at night, no one will approach you and you are totally safe.
3. You get Ebola!!! No Ebola in Senegal
Guess most people also don't have the desire to travel and explore other cultures. So that might also just be an excuses to stay at home

 

Good point!! Here it's the same, for me the beach breaks are so much more dangerous than the reefs. As a beach break can be very unpredictable. This summer more than 1000 people died at the beaches around Dakar, mainly because the Senegalese are pretty bad at swimming. So even the most light rip is deadly.

 

First of all thanks for all the feedback. Now I have something to start working with

More on rips: What to watch out for, how to act aso.

The hold and through part: Hold on ... Hold on... oh man that's the worst being behind someone just letting go their board.

More suggestions???

 

Hahahahahahaha that's an awesome video, that have to be embedded on the surf rule page... Thanks for passing the laugh of the day