Local favourite beach · Mauritania
الحيتان
الحيتان is a beach in Mauritania.
الحيتان: crowds and conditions
Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.
Status options for this beach: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.
Best time to visit الحيتان
Season: October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September.
Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.
Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.
How to reach الحيتان — distance from nearby cities
Coordinates: 20.85948, -17.09296. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.
Places to visit near الحيتان
- الحوت بيتش · beach · ~1 km
- Administration · fort · باشوية الكويرة · ~4 km
- مستشفى الكويرة · fort · باشوية الكويرة · ~4 km
- مدرسة · fort · باشوية الكويرة · ~4 km
- Spanish fort · fort · باشوية الكويرة · ~5 km
- Harbour Fortress · fort · باشوية الكويرة · ~5 km
- Ras Nouadhibou lighthouse · attraction · Dakhlet Nouadhibou · ~13 km
- White Cape · attraction · ~14 km
- United Malika · fort · Dakhlet Nouadhibou · ~14 km
- Barco de Azúcar · fort · ~22 km
- Dakhlet Nouâdhibou · beach · ~25 km
- Baie de l’Étoile · beach · Dakhlet Nouadhibou · ~27 km
- Cap of the ostriches · viewpoint · Dakhlet Nouadhibou · ~41 km
- Aoueïtal · viewpoint · Dakhlet Nouadhibou · ~52 km
- Cap Sainte-Anne · beach · Dakhlet Nouadhibou · ~60 km
- Atouifat · viewpoint · Dakhlet Nouadhibou · ~62 km
- منطقة الكويرة المغربية · attraction · باشوية الكويرة · ~4 km
- Church of the Immaculate · church · باشوية الكويرة · ~4 km
Other beaches & coast near الحيتان
- الحوت بيتش · beach · ~1 km
- Dakhlet Nouâdhibou · beach · ~25 km
- Baie de l’Étoile · beach · Dakhlet Nouadhibou · ~27 km
- Cap Sainte-Anne · beach · Dakhlet Nouadhibou · ~60 km
- Plage du Goliath · beach · Dakhlet Nouadhibou · ~93 km
- Cap Tagarit رأس تاغاريت · beach · Dakhlet Nouadhibou · ~148 km
- North Bay · beach · ~4 km
- خليج الشرق · beach · ~5 km
- Tower of the Navy · beach · باشوية الكويرة · ~5 km
- El Maharrât · beach · Dakhlet Nouadhibou · ~6 km
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Frequently asked
Is الحيتان safe to swim today?
No visitor has reported the sea & crowd status for الحيتان yet. Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors.
What is the best time to visit الحيتان?
October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September. Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.
What are the places to visit near الحيتان?
Nearby: الحوت بيتش (beach, 1 km), Administration (fort, 4 km), مستشفى الكويرة (fort, 4 km), مدرسة (fort, 4 km), Spanish fort (fort, 5 km), Harbour Fortress (fort, 5 km).