Agadir
Where you land, and a long city beach that works when the coast is huge
Agadir is the arrival point for almost everyone surfing this coast, and a city of several hundred thousand rather than a surf village. The waves that made the region famous are twenty kilometres north, but the city beach has its own use.
The bay faces southwest and is sheltered by the headland, so it stays rideable on days when the exposed points north are unmanageable. On a big winter swell, when Taghazout is closing out, Agadir beach is often the only sane option for a lesson.
The city itself was rebuilt after the 1960 earthquake, so it has none of the old medina character of Essaouira or Marrakech. What it does have is the region's only real infrastructure: the airport, the bus stations, hospitals, a large souk, and the supermarkets everyone drives down for.
Surf camps in Agadir
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Surf and Paradise Valley day trip
Palm gorge, pink rock, and pools you can actually swim in
- Agadir
- 7 hours
- Group
Surf and desert: Agadir to Marrakech
A line rather than a loop — no road driven twice
- Agadir
- 3 days
- Group
Surf and desert: Agadir to Merzouga and back
Three days, one dune sea — returning to the coast
- Agadir
- 3 days
- Group
Surf and desert: four days with a whole day in the Sahara
The version where you stop arriving and leaving, and actually stay
- Agadir
- 4 days
- Group
Surf spots around Agadir
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