Global Beach & Coastal Access Index
Explore beaches, rivers, lakes, wetlands, and coastal access points worldwide.
Sahel Safe helps you discover nearby water environments by country and place. It does not replace local lifeguards, official warnings, weather alerts, emergency services, or personal judgment.
These are location-reference records, not safety certifications.
Global Beach & Coastal Access Index
1.54M+ active water-access records across 237 complete/protected countries and territories.
Not every point is a beach. Sahel Safe is building a global reference layer for named beaches, coastal access points, sea, lake, river, wetland and managed-water environments. These are location-reference records, not safety certifications.
Official complete/protected Phase 1 public baseline.
Sea, lake, river, wetland and managed-water reference records.
City, town, village and hamlet place-index records.
These are location-reference records, not safety certifications.
Global Beach & Coastal Access Index
Explore water environments by country, city, town, village, or hamlet.
Sahel Safe currently indexes more than 4.6 million core records, including over 1.54 million active water-access records and more than 3.07 million active places.
These are location-reference records, not safety certifications.Explore Sahel Safe
Plan with better water-access context, not false certainty.
Use short guides, education, reporting pathways and editorial context while Sahel Safe expands verified coverage across beaches, coasts, rivers, lakes, wetlands and water-access locations.
Water-Access Explorer
One calm decision layer for beaches, coasts and inland water-access locations.
Search by coast, river, lake, wetland, activity and audience. Sahel Safe shows what is known, what is not verified and where official guidance takes priority.
Audience selector
Family planning mode
Shallow-water context, heat exposure, emergency distance, practical timing and child-friendly activity checks.
Live Tools
Four activity views for common beach, marine and water-access decisions.
Each activity needs a different mix of weather, waves, currents, wildlife context, access, local rules and emergency signals.
Onshore planning
Swimming & families
Swim planning, heat care, beach entry, lifeguard context, water-quality source status and family signals.Water activity
Diving & water sports
Current, wind, visibility, launch zones, boating context, kite conditions and rescue-distance context.Responsible use
Fishing & ecosystems
Fishing responsibility, protected species, seasonal awareness, environmental guidance and local rules context.Marine operations
Routes, ports & crews
Vessel lanes, weather exposure, coastal approach, port context, route alerts and crew planning.Water ecosystem intelligence
Wildlife awareness with context, respect, and responsible water-access behaviour.
Wildlife awareness with context, respect, and responsible coastal behaviour. Sahel Safe does not create panic around marine life or imply official warnings without verified sources.
Dolphins & marine mammals
Presence guidance, respectful distance, seasonal movement and protected-life awareness.
Marine-life awareness
Wildlife context without panic, shaped by location, season, water conditions and verified warnings where available.
Jellyfish & organisms
Bloom awareness, contact precautions, coastal treatment guidance and reviewed beach reporting.
Turtles & fragile habitats
Protected nesting zones, ecosystem respect, visitor guidance and responsible coastal access.
AI Risk Engine Preview
AI Coastal Risk Engine — Preview
Estimate swimming, family, fishing, vessel, wildlife, weather, pollution, emergency access and local rules & guidance context using a demonstration coastal intelligence model.
Demo controls
Model the environment
Demonstration score only — not based on verified live location data.
Current leading signal
Swimming
Moderate demo signalAlerts & Emergency Access
Turn a warning into a source-aware next action.
Sahel Safe shows what is verified, what is not connected and which local authorities should take priority.
Coastal Alert System
Receive future alerts for storms, tide risks, swimming-hour advisories, marine-life awareness, heat exposure, water pollution and dangerous waves when verified sources are connected.
Preview only. Real alerts require verified weather, messaging and local authority data.Emergency Access Awareness
Where verified location data is available, Sahel Safe can help identify nearby hospitals, emergency services, police, Red Crescent / Red Cross and rescue access.
Moderated Hazard Reporting Pilot
Hazard reporting is opening soon. Join the moderated reporting pilot. Reports are reviewed before publication and do not automatically change beach status or scores.
Do not use this form in an emergency. Call local emergency services. Hazard reporting is opening soon. Join the moderated reporting pilot.Institutional solutions
For teams responsible for more than one beach day.
Sahel Safe is designed to evolve into a decision layer for hotels, coastal businesses, public authorities, vessel operators and insurance teams.
Sahel Safe subscriptions
Choose your Sahel Safe plan
Coastal intelligence for individuals, families and frequent travelers.
Subscription access
Choose your Sahel Safe plan
Flexible for travelers and families
Start with this planFor frequent coastal travel
Start with this planFor year-round beach planning
Start with this planCustom access for hotels, governments, marine teams and insurers
Start with this planPublic payments are not enabled. Lapwing Pay is connected only to a hidden zero-value staging test; no real crypto payment is accepted and no paid access is granted.
Founder’s Note
Why Sahel Safe Exists
Sahel Safe exists to help make coastlines safer, clearer, and better understood. It never marks a beach as safe and never replaces official warnings.
Read Founder’s Note