Visiting Dakar by yacht

Climate by month, the Gorée ferry and who calls at the port.

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Seasons

When to come

Season	Months	Daily high	Monthly rain
Peak	January to April	25.0 to 25.9 °C	0 to 1.2 mm
Shoulder	May, June, November, December	26.2 to 30.1 °C	0 to 7 mm
Off season	July to October	30.1 to 31.3 °C	26.3 to 165.6 mm

WMO normals 1991 to 2020, Dakar station. Season bands are our own estimate. August is the wettest month, with 165.6 mm.

Ashore

Getting to Gorée

The Port Autonome de Dakar describes the public boat service to Gorée Island.

Service

A public service set up by the State of Senegal. The national port company SONAPAD runs it with launches, under the authority of the port director general.

Heritage

The port calls Gorée a tourist site listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sea terminal

The ferry leaves from a walkway linked to the international sea terminal, which has two ticket offices.

Port Autonome de Dakar, Dakar-Gorée and sea terminal pages.

Yachts at the port

A 2018 Senegal tourism site says about ten cruise yachts a year dock at the port of Dakar for a day. It describes them as luxury floating hotels of cruise companies such as Ponant, Silversea, Seabourn and Oceania Cruises, or privately owned yachts. This is a site view, not an official count. (Au Sénégal, 23 November 2018.)

Cruise departures

The same article says cruise companies such as Ponant planned to offer cruises from Dakar from early 2019. (Au Sénégal, 23 November 2018.)

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