Cap Blanc · Esri World Imagery (Maxar, Vantor) · 6 January 2026
20°46′ N · 17°03′ W · CAP BLANC

Where the Sahara meets the swell

Right-hand point breaks over sand, and hardly anyone out.

Spots confirmed and still to explore

Cap Blanc seen by satellite
Esri World Imagery (Maxar, Vantor) · 6 January 2026
Confirmed 20.770 N · 17.050 W

Cap Blanc

Right-hand point break over sand, about 700 m long, at the tip of the peninsula.

The Lagouira point seen by satellite
Esri World Imagery (Maxar, Vantor) · 14 December 2025
Confirmed 20.825 N · 17.093 W

Lagouira

Right-hander below the old fort. Military zone, access by permit only, mines reported.

The port of Tanit and its sand point seen by satellite
Esri World Imagery (Maxar, Vantor) · 4 April 2025
Confirmed 18.589 N · 16.102 W

Tanit

A wave created by the fishing port in 2018, confirmed on eight years of satellite imagery.

The cliffs on the north of the peninsula seen by satellite
Esri World Imagery (Maxar, Vantor)
To explore 21.167 N · 17.048 W

Northern cliffs

Rocky point and sandy cove. Seen on the imagery, never surfed as far as we know.

A day at Cap Blanc

The track isn't marked after Cansado. We pick you up in Nouadhibou in a 4x4, cross the SNIM mining zone and the railway, follow the coast to the lighthouse, and pick the moment by swell, wind and tide.

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