Gunjur, Gambia

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Gunjur, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: uploader Atamari has eMail-contact with the photograph „ KG “, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons

About Gunjur

Gunjur is a town in West Coast Division, Gambia. From Gunjur you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is secret bay, a surf spot 3.9 km from the centre. Overture lists 8 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites. The nearest airport is BJL, 21 km away.

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Staying in Gunjur

  • 8 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 1 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: BJL, 21 km, ZIG, 86 km, CSK, 87 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Gunjur.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Gunjur: Mon 19 Oct to Sun 25 Oct
SpotMon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25
secret bay3.9 kmabout 10 min by car2 ft64 kJwind from the south-south-west, 3 knots, too small2 ft35 kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots, too small2 ft110 kJwind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, offshore, too small2 ft82 kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore, too small1 ft29 kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, too small1 ft5 kJwind from the west-south-west, 6 knots, too small2 ft21 kJwind from the west, 8 knots, too small
All readings for secret bay: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at secret bay, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Mon 19Oct10, too small2 ft10 ssoft64kJwind from the south-south-west, 3 knots29°C
Tue 20Oct7, too small2 ft8 ssoft35kJwind from the south-east, 4 knots28°C
Wed 21Oct13, too small2 ft11 scrumbling110kJwind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, offshore29°C
Thu 22Oct10, too small2 ft10 scrumbling82kJwind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore30°C
Fri 23Oct5, too small1 ft9 scrumbling29kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots30°C
Sat 24Oct3, too small1 ft4 smushy5kJwind from the west-south-west, 6 knots30°C
Sun 25Oct3, too small2 ft7 smushy21kJwind from the west, 8 knots29°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Gunjur, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).