Baobab, Senegal

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Toubab Dialaw, 17 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: DSS (DSS), 22 km.

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About Baobab

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SW (221°), so it takes swell from the SW. The wind blows offshore from the NE (41°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 4.0 km out (1 in 400). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 19°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in September, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually February, with about 2 good days in 7; in June, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Toubab Dialaw, 17 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: DSS (DSS), 22 km.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 17 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to DSS, changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
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Getting there. 45 min from the airport to Baobab.
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No town nearby
No stay checked for this site yet: Toubab Dialaw, 17 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: DSS (DSS), 22 km.
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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Baobab, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	19, too small	2 ft11 ssoft	59kJ	wind from the north, 7 knots, offshore	32°C
Mon 19Oct	16, too small	2 ft10 ssoft	49kJ	wind from the north-west, 4 knots	29°C
Tue 20Oct	14, too small	1 ft9 ssoft	19kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 2 knots	29°C
Wed 21Oct	19, too small	2 ft12 ssoft	68kJ	wind from the north-east, 5 knots, offshore	31°C
Thu 22Oct	14, too small	2 ft10 ssoft	51kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots, offshore	31°C
Fri 23Oct	17, too small	1 ft8 ssoft	26kJ	wind from the north, 5 knots, offshore	32°C
Sat 24Oct	12, too small	1 ft8 smushy	13kJ	wind from the north-east, 3 knots, offshore	33°C
Sun 25Oct	7, too small	1 ft5 smushy	5kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots	30°C
Mon 26Oct	9, too small	1 ft9 smushy	21kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 6 knots	29°C
Tue 27Oct	8, too small	1 ft9 smushy	21kJ	wind from the west, 7 knots	29°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to DSS, changing at JFK, then 45 min by road. About 17h 55 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 1 ft at best.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to DSS, changing at JFK, then 45 min by road. About 17h 55 door to door

Rough cost

About £670–£1,320 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to DSS, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£445–£925
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£45–£75
Food	7 days eating out	£100–£180
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£45–£75
Total		£670–£1,320

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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