Senegal
Senegal · Atlantic Ocean
West Africa's diving gem, where the Cap-Vert Peninsula meets the Atlantic with dramatic reef walls, colonial-era wrecks, and year-round warm water teeming with Atlantic grouper, barracuda, and nurse sharks.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is busy.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
23 species across the dive sites here
African Silverbill
Seen 1 month ago
at Les Mamelles Reef
Least concern
Pied Crow
Seen 1 month ago
at Les Mamelles Reef
Least concern
Western Red-Billed Hornbill
Seen 2 months ago
at Saint-Louis Wreck
Hooded Vulture
Seen 3 months ago
at Casamance Estuary
Critically endangered
Eurasian Whimbrel
Seen 4 months ago
at Saint-Louis Wreck
Least concern
Spur-Winged Lapwing
Seen 6 months ago
at Saint-Louis Wreck
Least concern
Nurse Shark
Seen 9 months ago
at Les Mamelles Reef
Vulnerable
White-Throated Bee-Eater
Seen Apr 2025
at Casamance Estuary
Least concern
Palm-Nut Vulture
Seen Jan 2025
at Casamance Estuary
Least concern
Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater
Seen Jan 2024
at Casamance Estuary
Least concern
Atlantic Grouper
Seen year round
at Les Mamelles Reef
Atlantic Spadefish
Seen year round
at Saint-Louis Wreck
Least concern
Atlantic Tarpon
Seen year round
at Casamance Estuary
Vulnerable
Bigeye Jack
Seen year round
at Dakar Artificial Reef
Least concern
Common Octopus
Seen year round
at Dakar Artificial Reef
Least concern
Glassy Sweeper
Seen year round
at Saint-Louis Wreck
Least concern
Great Barracuda
Seen year round
at Les Mamelles Reef
Least concern
Lionfish
Seen year round
at Saint-Louis Wreck
Least concern
Moray Eel
Seen year round
at Dakar Artificial Reef
Least concern
Bull Shark
Seasonal visitor
at Casamance Estuary
Vulnerable
Eagle Ray
Seasonal visitor
at Les Mamelles Reef
Endangered
Largetooth Sawfish
Seasonal visitor
at Casamance Estuary
Critically endangered
Red-Billed Firefinch
Rare sighting
at Casamance Estuary
Least concern
Dive sites
Les Mamelles Reef
great barracuda · atlantic grouper · nurse shark · eagle ray
Saint-Louis Wreck
lionfish · glassy sweeper · atlantic spadefish · western red-billed hornbill
Dakar Artificial Reef
bigeye jack · nurse shark · common octopus · moray eel
Casamance Estuary
bull shark · largetooth sawfish · atlantic tarpon · red-billed firefinch