Best Kitespots in Senegal

4 spots · Africa

Best for kiting from February to May, with 61 to 77 % kite days. Water 19 to 23 °C.

Median of 4 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 4 spots
Median kite days: 40 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 25 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Ngor; 53 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Senegal

Senegal has 4 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 40 % kite days over the year; Ngor leads with 53 %.

Best season at the median spot: February to May (50 % kite days or more). Water 19 to 30 °C over the year.

Best time to visit Senegal

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched
Ringed: this month

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Best season: February to May
Warm and windy: December to May
Low wind: September to October

Kite days at the median spot range from 13 % in October to 77 % in April.

Water 19 °C in March to 30 °C in October. Air 24 °C in March to 29 °C in November, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Senegal: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Senegal?

The best months are February to May: the median spot in Senegal had 61 to 77 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Senegal?

Ngor has the most kite days in Senegal: 53 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Senegal?

The water ranges from 19 °C in March to 30 °C in October at the median spot. Wetsuit: 3/2 in March, boardshorts in October.

Top spots outside our destinations

Good spots that no kiteCOMPASS destination covers yet, ranked by kite days per year.

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Ngor
Senegal
53 %
2
Yoff
Senegal
51 %
3
Saly
Senegal
30 %
4
Cap Skirring
Senegal
22 %

Good for learning

Kite schools teach here, checked against kite guides. Only spots we checked appear.

None checked in Senegal yet.

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Ngor leads with 53 % kite days per year, followed by Yoff (51 %) and Saly (30 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Ngor
Senegal
53 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Ngor: Jan 67 %, Feb 82 %, Mar 88 %, Apr 89 %, May 66 %, Jun 34 %, Jul 22 %, Aug 25 %, Sep 20 %, Oct 25 %, Nov 54 %, Dec 64 %
2
Yoff
Senegal
51 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Yoff: Jan 67 %, Feb 80 %, Mar 85 %, Apr 86 %, May 61 %, Jun 31 %, Jul 21 %, Aug 24 %, Sep 19 %, Oct 22 %, Nov 52 %, Dec 66 %
3
Saly
Senegal
30 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Saly: Jan 21 %, Feb 43 %, Mar 47 %, Apr 68 %, May 63 %, Jun 36 %, Jul 23 %, Aug 18 %, Sep 9 %, Oct 4 %, Nov 7 %, Dec 16 %
4
Cap Skirring
Senegal
22 %
1. J
2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Cap Skirring: Jan 13 %, Feb 36 %, Mar 49 %, Apr 49 %, May 32 %, Jun 12 %, Jul 20 %, Aug 33 %, Sep 13 %, Oct 2 %, Nov 2 %, Dec 8 %

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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for Senegal: median of 4 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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