surfing ~ spain to senegal

[Norton]

Hi. Ive been trawling through the back log of posts here but havent been able to find anything that really helps me directly.
Im planning a trip from novemeber till february 06 surfing my way down the west coast of africa. hopefully spending most of my time in morocco and senegal. the plan is to purchase a van which i can live out of (something along the lines of a kombi), follow the coast road and stop where i need to.

is this kind of thing actually possible?
was hoping to ditch/sell the car in senegal and public transport it back, but after reading some posts, this looks quite difficult.

anyone have any suggestions???

[Chris Scott]

In Mk there is a bit of a scene as you probably know, but must say I've never heard of anyone surfing down through Western Sahara or Mauritania. Cliffs/difficult beach access (jn a 2WD), the exposure and remoteness are the main reasons I suppose. You'd have thought someone would have tried it by now.

CS

[Norton]

Hi Chris.
Thanks for your reply.

did a bit more searching and found a few articles from 2000ish.

http://www.oceansurfpublications.co.uk/wafrica.html
http://www.wetsand.com/travel/resour...esourceID=3751

sounds like there is definetly waves around. my main concern is the land mines now however, or mainly watching incredible waves without being able to get to them due to land mines.

oh and if anyone wants to join me on an expedition i would love someone to test the ground in front of me...

[Jose Brito]

Hi,


About landmines, 2 camels triggered landmines in a beach (!!) south of Dakhla last year.
Thus, I would suggest to follow always other car's tracks when "exploring" beachs south of Dakhla.

By the way, great waves down there!!

Cheers,
José

[Jose Brito]

Hi,

About landmines, 2 camels triggered landmines in a beach south of Dakhla last year.
Thus, I would suggest to follow other car's tracks when "exploring" beaches south of Dakhla.

By the way, great waves down there!
Cheers,
José

[Stanley]

Originally posted by Norton:
Hi. Ive been trawling through the back log of posts here but havent been able to find anything that really helps me directly.
Im planning a trip from novemeber till february 06 surfing my way down the west coast of africa. hopefully spending most of my time in morocco and senegal. the plan is to purchase a van which i can live out of (something along the lines of a kombi), follow the coast road and stop where i need to.

is this kind of thing actually possible?
was hoping to ditch/sell the car in senegal and public transport it back, but after reading some posts, this looks quite difficult.

anyone have any suggestions???

[Stanley]

Hi
Last year I helped 3 aussie lads who bought at car in the UK and surfed there way south to Ghana.
heck out there web site at www.saysadventure.com
Cheers
Stanley

[stuart b]

Hi Norton
I have made several surf trips from Morocco right down to west africa that have included west sahara, mauratania and senegal. Email me on mail@oceansurfpublications.co.uk and let me know what sort of info you are after.
cheers
stuart

[Norton]

Thanks to everyone who has so far replied to my post.

have sent you an email Stuart.

Cheers
Andrew