Morocco Surfcamps, Surf Schools, Surf Tours & Surfaris

Morocco lies directly across the Strait of Gibraltar, no more than 8 miles (13 km.) from Spain and Europe. Morocco is the only African country with coastal exposure to both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean sea, although most of its 1,150 miles (1.835 km.) of coastline are on the Atlantic shore. With so much Atlantic coastline, Morocco offers the surfer a dazzling array of opportunities. Rocky bottoms alternate with sandy ones, reef breaks with beach breaks, offering a surfing alternative for all conditions, skills and levels. Surfers will find string of first class surf spots down the whole Atlantic coast, from Tangier to Agadir and beyond in the deep south. The most famous surf spots lie just north of Agadir, around the fishing village and surfer hideway of Taghazout.

Although Americans and Australians were the surfers who brought the sport to Morocco in the 1970's, now it is the European surfer along with his Moroccan counterpart who is indulging his passion for the wave. In the last few years, the popularity of this sport has grown rapidly on the international and Moroccan stage. Several organisations have been formed to encourage and to promote this sport. These groups have organised tournaments and contests, created surfing schools, formed ties with Europeans organisations and tried to make the country aware of the public relations and financial potentials of the sport.

Agadir Surfcamp & Surfaris

The country enjoys a Mediterranean climate with Atlantic influences on the coasts while the interiors are more extreme. The country is crossed from north to south by the Rif and Atlas ranges, the later marking the frontier between the rich, fertile plains of the west and the vast expanses of desert of the Sahara to the east. The snow capped summit of the Atlas provide a dramatic backdrop to the Imperial cities of Marrakech, Meknes and Fez as well as for some excellent ski resorts. At the outskirts of Marrakech, Mount Toubkai is Morocco's highest and, at 13,890 feet (4.167 m.), the third tallest peak in Africa. At the foot of Toubkai and less than fifty miles from Marrakech, Oukaimeden is the country's foremost alpine resort and offers excellent skiing facilities in winter.

Morocco in Arabic is called "Al-Maghreb al-Aqsa", meaning the farthest land of the setting sun. Morocco stands on the Atlantic shores, at the western extremity of the Arab and Muslim world and is both a crossroad and a frontier state - a gateway for Europeans into Africa and for Africans and Arabs into Europe. Morocco has a rich architectural tradition illustrated by Roman archaeologic sites, Medieval cities, Berber fortresses and fine Islamic monuments, which are among the best examples of their kind in the world. The countryside provides great contrasts from the snow-capped high Atlas Mountains to the wide sandy beaches along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts and the vast emptiness of the Sahara desert.

Because of its lack of natural harbours, its rugged mountainous interiors formed by the mighty Atlas range and its most westerly location, Morocco has remained relatively free from foreign invasions. The native people of Morocco are the Berbers, an ancient race extending through North Africa and the Sahara, but they have blend successively through the centuries with Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs and Iberians, to form the specific character of contemporary Moroccans. The overwhelming majority speak Arabic and French - the country was a French protectorate, some Spanish - the Spaniards also controlled part of the country, and English is increasingly spoken especially by young people.