A-frame

Aaberg, Denny

Aaberg, Kemp

Abberton, Koby

Abbruzzi, Sid

Abellira, Reno

Abubo, Megan

academia and surfing

Adler, Tom

advertising and surfing

Aeder, Erik

aerial

Aguerre, Fernando

Aichner, Scott

Aikau, Clyde

Aikau, Eddie

Aipa, Ben

air-drop

airbrush

Airshow

Ala Moana

Alabama

alaia board

Alaska

alcohol and surfing

Alexander, Kala

Allen, Chuck

Alms, Paige

aloha shirt

Alter, Hobie

Alvarez, Pepe

Ancell, Kevin

Andaman Islands

Andersen, Lisa

Anderson, Craig

Anderson, Simon

Andino, Kolohe

Angel, Jose

angle

Angola

Angourie

Antarctica

Apocalypse Now

Arabian Sea

Aragon, Janice

Arakawa, Eric

Archbold, Matt

Arena, Eduardo

Ashton, Juan

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)

Atlantic Ocean

August, Robert

Aurness, Rolf

Auster, Ken

Australia

Avalon, Frankie

Azores

backdoor

backside

backside attack, Pipeline

backwash

bail out

Bain, Rob

Baja California

Baker, Bernie

Baker, Grant “Twiggy”

Baker, Tim

Bali

Ball, John “Doc”

Ballard, Bill

Ballard, Rochelle

balsa

Baltic Sea

Banks, Jim

Barbados

Barilotti, Steve

Barland, Michel

Barreda, Sergio “Gordo”

Barry, Michael

Bartholomew, Wayne

Baxter, Jackie

Bay of Bengal

Beach Boys, The

Beacham, Debbie

beachboys

beachbreak

Beachcomber Bills Grand Prix

Beachley, Layne

beavertail

Becker, Phil

Bedford-Brown, Stuart

Belgium

Bells Beach

Bendall, Ma and Pa

Bennett, Barry

Benson, Becky

Benson, Blanche

Benson, Linda

Bermuda

Bertlemann, Larry

Small and dry west African nation located just below the Sahara, facing the North Atlantic Ocean. Senegal was brought to the attention of the surf world in 1964, when California filmmaker Bruce Brown toured an early version of his soon-to-be-classic travelogue The Endless Summer; the first surf break encountered by Mike Hynson and Robert August, the film's two stars, was N'gor Rights, a reef near the end of the Almadies Peninsula, Africa's western- most point and home to most of Senegal's best waves. 

At least five distinct reef- and beachbreaks are located on the Almadies's northwest side, with another six on the southwest; most are within walking distance of each other. Onshore winds on one side mean off- shores on the other. North of the peninsula lies 100-plus miles of mostly undistinguished beach break; the entire Senegalese coastline is just 310 miles long. A limited number of breaks, all requiring heavy swell, are found south of Almadies. The Senegal surf rarely gets over 10 foot, but the best breaks are fast, tubing, and powerful; Oaukam, not far from the capital city of Dakar, is a world-class peak, with long, tubing rights. 

November to May is the best time for waves in Senegal, as Atlantic storms generate swells from the north and northwest; August to October sees the arrival of south swells from hurricanes located off the African west coast. Average daytime air temperatures in coastal Senegal range from the low 70s in winter to the mid-80s in summer; water temperatures range from the low 60s to the low 80s; the cold and dry harmattan wind, blowing down from the northeast during winter, often deposits great dusty clouds onto Senegal's coastline. 

Dense fields of sea urchins are the only real surfing hazard, making booties or reefwalkers a necessity. In 2003, there were about 250 Senegalese wave-riders, mostly bodyboarders. Tribal Surf Shop, located just east of N'gor, is the country's only surf shop; a small surf camp opened at N'gor in 2002, and is used primarily by French surfers.

Senegal

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