Bureh Beach

Bureh on the southern part of the Freetown peninsula is where Sierra Leone's surfing happens, a beach with a consistent enough break that a village surf club set up there and now runs boards, lessons and simple accommodation as a community operation. The wave is gentle enough for beginners. The beach is long, the village is at one end and the hills rise behind it. The club was set up by young men from the village in 2012 and is run entirely by them.

The landscape

• The break - the wave that made this the country's surf beach.
• The surf club - the community operation running boards and lessons.
• The long sand - the beach running away from the village.
• The village setting - a working settlement at one end of the shore.

When to go

November to April is the dry season; the swell runs through much of the year. The rains from May to October are heavy. Weekends bring visitors from Freetown.

Practical notes

Accommodation is very basic bandas with no power in places. The wave is small by international standards. The road down the peninsula is slow.

Nearby

John Obey is north, and Kent is south.