Dakar — baie de Hann (Cercle de la Voile de Dakar): clearing in by boat

Offices to visit

In the usual order of the formalities. Addresses can change: ask the harbour office when you arrive.

1. 1

   Police des frontières (police du port) – port de Dakar

   Immigration

   Port autonome de Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

   Opening hours : Lun-ven 8h-12h30, 14h-17h (souple)

   Stamps passports and keeps the ship's papers (or a copy) against a receipt; the only office to revisit when clearing out.

2. 2

   Douane – port de Dakar (passe-avant)

   Customs

   Port autonome de Dakar, Dakar, Sénégal

   Opening hours : Lun-ven 8h-12h30, 14h-17h (souple)

   Issues the boat's one-month passe-avant (CFA 5,000 reported in 2015); for longer stays, temporary admission through a forwarding agent.

3. 3

   Port autonome de Dakar – capitainerie (VHF)

   Harbour office

   VHF : 16

   Call the port authority on VHF 16 on arrival; do not enter the commercial port, head for the Baie de Hann anchorage.

4. 4

   Cercle de la Voile de Dakar (CVD)

   autre

   Baie de Hann plage, BP 678, Dakar, Sénégal

   VHF : 16

   Club where visiting yachts anchor; it gives directions to the police and customs offices (take a taxi, they are far apart). Position = Baie de Hann anchorage.

   Directions

Sources

• noonsite.com/place/senegal/dakar/view/clearance
• download.geonames.org/export/dump/ (GeoNames cities1000, lu via reverse_geocoder 1.5.1) — Dakar

This information is gathered from public sources and sailors’ experience. It does not replace the country’s authorities, whose word is final: check before you leave.