Catching Some Waves Off Senegal's Dakar

A surfer surveys the waves off Dakar, Senegal. (Annika Hammerschlag/VOA)

Pape Diouf waits for a wave in waters off Dakar, Senegal. (Annika Hammerschlag/VOA)

Pape Diouf paddles for a wave in waters off Dakar, Senegal. (Annika Hammerschlag/VOA)

Pape Diouf, a Senegalese surfboard shaper, surfs in waters off Dakar, Senegal. (Annika Hammerschlag/VOA)

A man surfs in waters off Senegal's capital Dakar. (Annika Hammerschlag/VOA)

Pape Diouf shapes a surfboard in his Dakar workshop. (Annika Hammerschlag/VOA)

Walid Moukadem shapes a surfboard in his Dakar workshop. (Annika Hammerschlag/VOA)

A surf swell hits the shoreline of Dakar, Senegal. (Annika Hammerschlag/VOA)