Cap Skirring, Senegal

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Sunset in Cap Skirring photo 1 by Serdiuk
Cap Skirring, the nearest town, 20 km away. Photo: Kateryna Serdiuk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Cap Skirring

Cap Skirring is a town in Cacheu Region, Senegal. From Cap Skirring you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Varela, a surf spot 20 km from the centre. Overture lists 8 places to stay within 2 km of the centre.

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Staying in Cap Skirring

  • 8 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)

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Where it is

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

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for intermediate surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 1 spot stays in another town: within your drive, it counts for Cap Skirring too.

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 Cap Skirring: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Varela19.7 kmabout 35 min by car1 ft1 kJwind from the north, 6 knots, offshore, too small1 ft5 kJwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots, too small<1 ft3 kJwind from the south-south-east, 2 knots, too small1 ft6 kJwind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, offshore, too small1 ft5 kJwind from the north-east, 4 knots, offshore, too small<1 ft2 kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots, too small<1 ft0 kJwind from the south-west, 7 knots, too small
All readings for Varela: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Varela, each day
DayScore for intermediatesSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct4, too small1 ft3 smushy1kJwind from the north, 6 knots, offshore31°C
Mon 19Oct5, too small1 ft10 s5kJwind from the west-south-west, 4 knots28°C
Tue 20Oct3, too smallunder 1 ft9 s3kJwind from the south-south-east, 2 knots29°C
Wed 21Oct5, too small1 ft11 s6kJwind from the north-north-east, 5 knots, offshore30°C
Thu 22Oct4, too small1 ft10 s5kJwind from the north-east, 4 knots, offshore30°C
Fri 23Oct2, too smallunder 1 ft9 s2kJwind from the north-north-west, 4 knots30°C
Sat 24Oct1, too smallunder 1 ft2 s0kJwind from the south-west, 7 knots30°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Cap Skirring, 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).

Places to eat near Cap Skirring

  • La Diaspora0.7 km from the centre
  • Chez luneSeafood · 0.8 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits