Advanced Surf Camp
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About Advanced Surf Camp in Morocco
An advanced camp assumes the surfing is not the problem. You can already ride the points; what you are buying is access, timing and someone whose job is to have you in the right place on the right tide.
In practice that means early starts, the guide making the daily call, and a willingness to drive an hour or more north to Tamri or south past Agadir when the wind turns. Anchor Point, Killers, Boilers and La Source all work on specific and fairly narrow combinations, and a camp that surfs only what is outside the front door is not an advanced camp regardless of the label.
Winter is the season — October to March is when the North Atlantic sends real swell, and it is also when the points are busy. Expect competition for waves at Anchor on a good day, and expect etiquette to matter: the line-ups here have a settled local order and visitors are watched.
Who it suits
Confident surfers riding overhead waves, visitors who want the points rather than the beaches, and anyone travelling in winter for the swell.
What to check before you book
- Coached hours per day, and how many people per instructor. Above eight to one you are being supervised rather than taught.
- What the room actually is. A dormitory bed and a private double are often quoted under one headline price.
- Which meals are included, and what happens on the days nobody drives to a spot.
- Whether transfers from the airport and to the surf are in the price or added later.
- The cancellation policy in writing, and what it says about weather.
Where to find this in Morocco
The coast this marketplace covers runs from Mehdia in the north to Sidi Ifni in the south. These are the places to start looking:
- Taghazout — The village that turned Moroccan surfing into an industry
- Tamraght — Quieter than Taghazout, and where most first lessons actually happen
- Agadir — Where you land, and a long city beach that works when the coast is huge
- Imsouane — The longest, gentlest wave in Morocco
- Essaouira — Wind city — a walled medina with world-class kite and windsurf