Surf Morocco - Quick Facts
LOCATION: North Africa
POPULATION: 33000000
NATIONALITY: Moroccan
LANGUAGE: Arabic, (Berber dialects)
CURRENCY: Moroccan Dirham

Morocco is the first place you hit heading south from Europe, seperated from Europe by the Straights of Gibraltar. The country is bordered to the south by the Western Sahara, to the east by Algeria, and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean (which is great for the surfer).

Morocco's capital city is Rabat, its largest city and its main port is Casablanca.

South Morocco (Le Grand Sud / the Great South), containing the main surfing regions, includes the region south of the High Atlas. It runs from north of Safi down all the way to along the Atlantic Coast to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, bordered in the east by Algeria. It is the land of the Bedouins, shepherds and the oases farmers and continues into the Western Sahara.

Places of interest in Morocoo to visit during flat spells include Tan Tan, Tarfaya and Sid Ifni.

Morocco Surf Spot Map

There are surf spots all along the coast of Morocco but the better quality (and well known) waves are found in South Morocco between Essaouira and Agadir.

Morocco is the land of the pointbreak, and the coastline around the Agadir area in the south is riddled with spots. This ensures surfing uncrowded waves. If you are struggling to get waves in a crowded lineup in Morocco you are a fool, and a lazy one at that. There are empty waves around every corner and during the winter months they are all firing.

Further south, leave the crowds and population behind in search of perfect empty waves. There are real possibilities of finding new or barely surfed spots. You'll need to prepare and make sure you take everything that you will need along the way.


Morocco is best surfed in late autumn through until march, the rest of the year can be pretty uneventful. When the big swells run down the coast the pointbreaks come alive and our advice is to head to Agadir. Although there is not any surf in Agadir, it's an easy place to get to and has world class waves a short drive north.

Anchor Point is a must if you are going to surf Morocco, when it is on it can break up to a kilometre - talk about jelly legs! If you are adventurous (and very well prepared and organised) then head south from Agadir in a 4WD and discover some classic waves and perhaps become the only person ever to have surfed there - that is something to fire the imagination.
Other great waves in the area are Killer Point, Boilers and Hash Point.



Surfing Morocco - The Good
Consistent Swell (in season)
Uncrowded Waves
Classic Points

Surfing Morocco - The Bad and the Ugly
Thieves and Touts
Line-ups Can Get Messy

Morocco Surfing Conditions

If you have information on surfing in Morocco we would like to know. Tell us how good or bad your surfing vacation was by posting your trip details on our Surf Forum. (Surf Patrol, our forum moderator, had a trip to Morocco - read about it in the forum).

Click the link for some background (non surfing related) information on Morocco.

Try to take everything with you. The further south you go the less likely you will be able to find re-supply.
A good selection of surfboards, plenty of surf wax, some board shorts, waterproof sunscreen, a good quality long sleeve rash guard and a surf hat are all advisable.