Morocco the land of lovely rights

Morocco the land of lovely rights. You'll have loads of fun down there and November is the best month, when the low pressure systems are pulsing in the North Atlantic but the windy season hasn't yet started. Beginning of Dec it starts to get windy after about 11.

Try to get away from Tarazhoute if you can, it's tricky if you haven't got transport - are you flying or driving? One other thing be prepared to be ripped off, a bit annoying at the time but you usually look back at it and realise that you probably deserved it, so don't take it to seriously :)

Aglou Reef

Aglou Reef and Ifni are great spots if the conditions are good and there not as crowded as the north.

agadir

what about agadir???

Agadir

Not surfed there, I avoided it as its a main resort crowded and expensive but it might be`worthwhile?

Agadir

Some nice restaurants along the front that serve western style food and rather importantly.. alcohol. But not much in the way of surf. There's a western supermarket on one of the main crossroads in Aga (sorry can't remeber the name but if you ask it's pretty well known) thats worth a stop at before you head up/down the coast as again it's one of the few places where you can pick up a few crates of beer. I agree with Sam if you can get a car there's loads of spots and no I'm not an alcoholic, but after two weeks of six hours a day surfing I guarantee you'll be gagging for a cold one. Oh buy a carton of duty free smokes, they'll serve you well as hitching currency if you don't get a car.

Agadir..

Yo, im off to agadir on Nov 5th only for a week. Stayin up the coast at taghazout but won't have any transport. Do you know of the good breaks very near taghazout? is killer point etc close enough to walk?

cheeeers

Hye Dom - you don't need to

Hey Dom - you don't need to worry about transport you can walk to all the main breaks in the area. But if you're feeling really lazy taxis are dead cheap...

Hope you get some good'uns

Sam

Further advice anyone?

Myself and the missus are off to Morocco soon surfing for a couple of weeks at the beginning of November and I was hoping someone on here can help me clear up a few questions:

We're probably in the beginner/intermediate category, so we're not exactly gnarled old pros going to be going for epic 10ft barrels off Boilers/Killer Point, but more messing about trying to improve in the beach breaks about Agadir/Targzhoute area, probably mostly Agadir as the cheap accommodation we picked up is.

* Am I right in assuming it's going to be summer suit weather? - the water temperature over there is about 21 deg at the moment, which is warmer than I've been in the UK, but doesn't sound warm enough for boardies/rash vest?

* We'd really like to take our own boards as we both know them - problem is mine is a 9' 2" and hers is an 8' 6" so they aren't that portable. Is that impractically big? Would we be able to move something like that from the airport to a hotel in Agadir?

* If we take our own boards is it worth changing the wax for one meant for warmer water?

* Are there any schools out there near Agadir so we can take the odd lesson? Do they do day trips out to other breaks? Do they do hire kit if we decide not to take the boards?

* Any suggestions as to where to store kit like board bags & towels etc? Over here I normally lock them in the car and keep the key on me, but we're not planning on hiring a car at the moment, so that's out.

Here's hoping someone can help clear up some of these wittering points ...

Cheers for reading this far

S

Hi Teiresias - I'm very

Hi Teiresias - I'm very jealous you'll have a great time. I'll try to answer your questions in turn :

* I'd advise taking a spring suit (long leg - long/short arm 3/2 mm) it's not quite shorty weather over there and can get a bit chilly if you're surfing when the sun goes down.

* As for boards anything is possible in Morocco with a smile and enough time. The best idea is to take a soft rack and strap them to the top of taxis. Make sure that you strap it on yourself and check it as I lost a board off the top of a taxi at 80 kph on the motorway coming in to Casablanca, cause I wasn't concentrating and let someone else tie it on...

* Cool water wax is fine.

* www.surfmaroc.co.uk seem to be well established in Targzhoute. They do guiding and lessons, they'd probably do a mixture of both if you wanted that.

* Try not to leave stuff on the beach - the people over there are very poor and a few find it hard to resist a freebe if they're walking past and can get away with it, which I think is fair enough.

Anyway I hope this help - have a cool holiday
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sam

morocco....

bloody amazing surf out there, to get to all the local breaks tell the taxi drivers where u want to go and they will take u there if it aint workin well they will take u on the the next point or next break and they all know where to go to get the best surf and the taxis are really cheap but i didnt think the surfboards would make it to the beach cos they are put in the boot hanging out the back. and all the locals are friendly and helpful which is a gd thing as some frenchman surfed into me and put a monster crack down my rail and one of the loclas told me to go with him and his mate fixed it for us and a bloody good repair it was

Excellent

Good to hear you had a great time, when are we gonna see some pics?

photos....

didnt get many photos but ill put up what little i did get!

Bad hospitality

Was in Morocco stayed with those guys ben and olli at maroc surf in tagazout , if your not a good surfer , like a pro , they treat you bad and dont care about you i dont recommend them at all. They cared more about getting us out of there way so they could go surf better spots by themselves , a real damper on my trip there , got some good waves. But found i wasnt up to there standard to hang out or surf with them not a nice feeling was kind of happy to be out of there. I will return to a surfcamp again i feel its a good cheap concept but not theres no way.

walking

also walking is not good as you have no where to leave your stuff and its at least a 20mins walk to any good break worth surfing , if the surfs small in tagazout there is tamri , which is a 45min drive , taxis will cost you a fortune and thats if you can find one outside of the main city of agadir , or a grande taxi but with 10 other people crammed into a 4 seater and no where for the board and then leaving money or clothes on the beach forget it. and even staying in a hotel or apartment your lucky if they dont steal it from there ...surf camps have security and drivers and food and nice people staying in them. But stay away from those pricks www.surfmaroc.co.uk also SAM your advice isnt much good , when you say walk to spots ...like ankas in a wetsuit no flipflops 20mins walk and then walk back , no skin left on your feet no clothes left and your house broken into sound a great trip....THANKS SAM AND SURF MAROC

Fair enough

Whoa John sounds like you had a shit holiday. Fair enough definitely let people know that you think www.surfmaroc.co.uk is not up to scratch. But mate you should be able to walk 20 mins with your surf board, just stash an old pair of flip flops under the rocks when you go for a wave or wear some reef booties?

morocco

My friends and I have been visiting Surf Maroc since they started. I ve been with groups and by myself on a number of occasions, and had equally good times. There always seem to be chilled out atmosphere and cool people staying at the camp. Its true that Ben and Ollie surf less and less with guests nowadays, but it seems that has more to do with them being busy and creating employment for enthusiastic locals like Imad to guide and teach, rather than being concerned with getting rid of guests to surf better waves. Hugo ( one of the guides) is the keenest surfer i ever met. I ve been rushed out the villa, but only so that we could score the optimum conditions. Anyway I don't want to rant on, but the boys are good in my book and have always had time for me and other guests and provided a friendly and professional service. How much love do you need from a surf trip? And you said you had good waves!
Dean

morocco

Didnt stay with surf maroc guys so cant vouch for them but stayed with German camp in tamraght www.endosurf.com. (1 mile further south) They were so cheap- £250 euros for everything-breakfast lunch dinner, they let us borrow the car when they werent using it. A really chilled friendly atmosphere with moroccan chefs. I had never been to morocco before and was a bit wary, lone female traveller etc but it was probably one of my best holidays ever. All the moroccans I met were really friendly and respectful; yes you do have to bury your sandals but small price to pay for such amazing waves. I love that place

Shame on you guys

well,
i think that this is an informative forum, and the main purpuse of a forum is to inform the surfers with true information, and not a mean to advertise for free, i'm a local of anchor point, and i can tell you that we are many to not like the way we have been colonized by those foreigners that came to set up there businesses here while local surfers were still maturing there ideas and skills to realize a such business.
i think that it's a shame that foreigners are fighting for waves that are not THERE waves, they are not even locals and would never feel locals them selfs(except the most respectful of them), so how can they pretend to come and surf them bringuing 20 people to the line up.
please, we want to keep Morocco as a hassle free surfing destination, killing each other's business like u've been doing above is just stupid, and if u wanna advertise something, don't do it this way, only cheap companies look for business in forums. and look how many times the link of surfmaroc was written this just to mention the most written link
now that the locals are growing surf schools and surf camps( that they advertise other way than posting stupid comments in forums in order to keep the internet communities well informed )
i think that the surfers that come to surf our breaks ( and they are welcome as they always were) must be aware of this.
if you come with one of those strangers, as they say they go surfing awsome breaks, tell them to go with you and surf anchors during an awsome day, they would say no, just becose they are affraid to be in a ridiculus situation close to there clients; and not becose they are good surfers, many locals surf much better than they do.
one more thing, and this is for the clever guys that posted the comments above, try to collect the plastic bottels that you throw every were you go, they are biguining to piss us off, collect them and send them to Patagonia, they might give you some money for it or just some ecological boards to say we don't pollute, even beeing Moroccan and African (supposed to not be aware of this problem, and looking Only to feed our selfs as the majority of people think) we wanna keep our heaven a heaven.
anyway, this is just to enlightten you about a reality that exists, and try to stop all this commercial posts that were sent in this topic, i'm concerned as the name of the topic is Morocco, the country where i was born, learned to surf,where i surf where i work and live.

Moroccan waves

http://surfermag.com/photos/flash/moroccogad/
here is an incredible swell during march, and the Gadauskas brothers were lucky to be here at same time as this swell.
now you can may be understand why i'm too bothered by the pollution cosed by some of the surf camps run by foreigners. as i already had the experience previous years, main of them are travelers that come to set up an illegal surf camp,surf morocco for a couple of years and move to an other country to surf there.
the average surfing day in Morocco is much better than many many places in the world, so better keep it clean than be obliged to surf polluted waves
keep on riding guys

Well Said

I couldnt agree more Anchor Point local, ps,

I have 3 friends who are there now for a week, they from Newquay Cornwall, Jez, Tom and Pauly!

Cant wait to come for Christmas (DEC)

maroc

Expect big heavy right hand points, take a big board and big balls! Enjoy.