Location: N8.20739, W13.15552

Break: Beach

Quick Take: Beautiful and relaxing easy rides

When I was in Sierra Leone visiting Freetown I hooked up with a couple Freetown based expats (pictured at bottom) who took me surfing at Bureh Beach. On the ride to the beach I just hung my head out the window and soaked in the beauty of the Sierra Leonean country side, so I don’t really know how we got there.  Bureh is about an hour east of Freetown. I have the lat and lon up at the top with a link to Google Maps. On a side note, I noticed Google maps seems to place the coordinates several hundred meters away from where I think they should be, so either Google Maps isn’t super accurate for West Africa, or my GPS was pretty far off. Anyway…

Bureh is gorgeous. After getting out of the car we passed a few huts and signs of human existence, but by and large the place was totally pristine. It reminded me a lot of Robertsport, Liberia. Bureh is a beach break, though sometimes the waves would break along the rocks at the far right of the beach making some left handed rides, kinda like a point break. On bigger swells a nice line would form even a few small barrels. The guys I was with told me that the waves were a lot bigger and nicer the day before. Too bad I missed it. I still really enjoyed it. I had a quite a few nice little runs and enjoyed getting out.