Fishing spots in Mauritania

Mauritania: include access in the plan

Choose a confirmed access point near Nouadhibou or Nouakchott, rather than planning from a photograph of a long beach. Establish duration, return transport and bait and water storage before comparing daily scores.

Inspect bait after a cast before adding distance. Bait returning covered in sand calls for a presentation review. Productive offshore fisheries do not imply an identical result from every beach with light recreational tackle.

Choose the actual location in Mauritania

This guide lists 2 locations in Mauritania, including Nouadhibou, Nouakchott. Open the location you intend to visit, select shore or boat, and compare the same trip window. Area names and coordinates are planning references; check access and bottom type before preparing tackle.

2 locations connect to 1 reference-station model(s); some may share a source with timing and height adjustments. The location count does not imply a separate gauge or validated model for every mark. Locations without tide models use available information; a missing model does not mean no tide.

Data sources and methodology →

Fishing spots in Mauritania

Place	Type	Bottom	Fish	Shore faces
Nouadhibou	Shore & boat	Bay and rocky points	Meagre, sea bass, bream, leerfish	East	Tool
Nouakchott	Shore	Open sandy beach	Meagre, sand steenbras, leerfish	West	Tool

Map points are approximate area references, not access permissions or navigation positions. Assess wind, gusts, wave height, period and shoreline exposure together.

Seas of Mauritania

Atlantic Ocean: Height, period and direction help describe exposure, and distant swell may arrive in light local wind. Use a suitable tide station: tidal range and timing are not uniform along an entire coast.

Banc d'Arguin National Park

Nouadhibou

Nouakchott

Fishing spots map

🟦 shore · 🟧 boat. Tap any point for details, and open it in Google Maps or Google Earth.

The map loads as you approach it. You can also open the location list.

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Popular fish in Mauritania

Targeting times below are general guidance that varies with location, season and conditions, not measured fish activity.

Barracuda · Sphyraena barracuda — **Barracuda**
Morning, dusk and moonlit nightsPhoto credit

European sea bass · Dicentrarchus labrax — **European sea bass**
Before sunrise and sunset, and after a storm when the water is murkyPhoto credit

Gilthead seabream · Sparus aurata — **Gilthead seabream**
Deep night after midnightPhoto credit

White seabream · Diplodus sargus — **White seabream**
Dawn and sunrise, and from evening to late nightPhoto credit

Sand steenbras · Lithognathus mormyrus — **Sand steenbras**
Daytime in the surf over sandPhoto credit

Flathead mullet · Mugil cephalus — **Flathead mullet**
Sunset and early night; daytime in harboursPhoto credit

Dusky grouper · Epinephelus marginatus — **Dusky grouper**
Dawn and dusk near rocksPhoto credit

Meagre · Argyrosomus regius — **Meagre**
Night on the rising tide, murky waterPhoto credit

Leerfish · Lichia amia — **Leerfish**
Early morning and dusk at river mouths and pointsPhoto credit

Common dentex · Dentex dentex — **Common dentex**
Early morning over deep rocks 20–60 mPhoto credit

Greater amberjack · Seriola dumerili — **Greater amberjack**
Morning around wrecks and pinnaclesPhoto credit

European squid · Loligo vulgaris — **European squid**
At night under harbour lights, full moonPhoto credit

Fish seasons

Species	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Bait
Barracuda Sphyraena spp.													Live fish
European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax													Live shrimp, sardine, sea worms, squid
Gilthead seabream Sparus aurata													Crab, mussels, shrimp, worms
White seabream Diplodus sargus													Mussels, shrimp, worms, paste
Sand steenbras Lithognathus mormyrus													Sea worms, small shrimp
Flathead mullet Mugil cephalus													Bread paste, bread
Dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus													Octopus, squid, live fish
Meagre Argyrosomus regius													Squid, sardine, live mullet
Leerfish Lichia amia													Live mullet or sardine
Common dentex Dentex dentex													Live squid, live fish
Greater amberjack Seriola dumerili													Live fish
European squid Loligo vulgaris													—
Cuttlefish Sepia spp.													—

Darker = peak season. Seasons are approximate and vary year to year.

Laws & safety

Check current access, gear, species and licence restrictions with the authority responsible for the exact area and activity. A map marker or a seasonal colour is not a permit.

Match safety equipment and the trip decision to the actual boat, load, route and skipper’s assessment. No single wind or wave number is a safe limit for every boat.

How to use the tables on this page

Species and seasonal tables are indicative planning aids, not a catch survey or a current legal calendar. Start with a reachable target and check the method in the linked guide.

Read the practical guide · Data sources and calculation limits