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Taghazout.

Now

  · updated 14 hours ago
swell
1.5m
9s
wind
17 kt
northwest
tide
1.46 m
rising
N E S W
▬ swell – wind
30.55, -9.90
Next days outlook
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Flat-to-1m northwest swell at 5-10 seconds holds through the week under moderate to strong north wind, with wind chop dominating the lineup. A slight build to 1-2m peaks Monday under moderate north wind, but conditions remain wind-affected all week. Looks like no clean window emerges as wind stays moderate to strong and wind-sea stays heavy.

Swell height

<7s
7–11s
11–13s
13–15s
15–18s
18+s

 

Wave systems

  • primary
  • secondary
  • tertiary
  • wind sea

 

Power

small
solid / average
energetic
heavy

 

Wind speed

light
moderate
strong
blown out

 

Tide

 

Weather

 

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About Taghazout

Taghazout is a surf village 19 km north of Agadir on the central Morocco coast, the country’s surf hub and one of the densest stretches of right-hand points anywhere. Anchor Point is the headline, a long peeling right around a rocky headland. Killer Point and Boilers sit further north, both serious on size. La Source and Mysteries fill out the line-up. The village itself is whitewashed houses tumbling down to the Atlantic.

The north-west Atlantic swell runs mid-September through mid-April, with November through March the peak. Working size is 0.8 to 3 m at 12 s or longer. East and north-east are offshore, channelled down from the Atlas foothills, which is why Boilers sits in a sheltered wind corridor that grooms most north-west swells clean. Summer is small wind swell. Surf the dawn before the seabreeze fills.

Water runs 16 to 19 °C in winter and 20 to 23 °C in summer. A 4/3 covers winter, a 3/2 the shoulder, boardies and a rashie summer. Anchor Point can pack out with surf-camp groups; sets are a sit-on-the-rocks wait. November through March is the season: bigger swell, cooler water, fewer holiday crowds. If Anchor is too crowded or too small, walk north to Killer or hit Mysteries for a beach-break alternative.

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