Anchor Point
Taghazout - Agadir Ida Ou Tanane
Morocco.
Taghazout - Agadir Ida Ou Tanane
Morocco.
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| Anchor Point, Taghazout |
Anchor Point is located in Taghazout village, 20 kilometres north of Agadir. It was a Berber camp that became an obligatory stop off point for adventurous Europeans travelling to the south of Morocco in the sixties. Not long after, some pioneering travellers who were also surfers, from Australia and North America, spread the word about the good waves that they saw there. It’s a rough and rocky coastline where, along with Anchor Point, there are other nearby world class waves like Killers, Draculas and Boilers. There are also more accessible options for those that are progressing like Hash Point, Devil’s Rock, Banana Beach and Panoramas.
In this remote corner of Morocco, the excellent swells reach there following the storms which are generated thousands of kilometres away in the North Atlantic. The swells that arrive are very good quality because of the elevated fetch from the origin. In addition, the winter offshore winds along this part of the coast are constant and all of this together brings the best surfers, mostly from Europe, to this zone which is sometimes called the African Indonesia. Despite what it may seem, the influx in the winter is very high, but this decreases as the size goes up and the conditions become more difficult, something which is usual in December, January and February. When this happens, it’s the good local Moroccans that dominate the peak on the outside.
Taghazout is just a 5 hour flight away from London and even less from Paris or Madrid. The destination airports are Agadir or Marrakech and from there it’s advisable to rent a car. Once you’re in Taghazout, it’s not difficult to find accommodation as the village is used to receiving many surfers from all over the world. Anchor Point is a 300 m long world class wave, and is for example, the favourite wave of Yassine Ramdani, the Moroccan surfer with the most projection, or the known Abdel el Harim. It’s the most popular wave in Morocco, and if you manage to get a glassy Moroccan sunset with typical red skies it could be one of the sessions of your life. In the winter, it’s advisable to take extra boards and of course you should try the local food and the typical tea.
In this remote corner of Morocco, the excellent swells reach there following the storms which are generated thousands of kilometres away in the North Atlantic. The swells that arrive are very good quality because of the elevated fetch from the origin. In addition, the winter offshore winds along this part of the coast are constant and all of this together brings the best surfers, mostly from Europe, to this zone which is sometimes called the African Indonesia. Despite what it may seem, the influx in the winter is very high, but this decreases as the size goes up and the conditions become more difficult, something which is usual in December, January and February. When this happens, it’s the good local Moroccans that dominate the peak on the outside.
Taghazout is just a 5 hour flight away from London and even less from Paris or Madrid. The destination airports are Agadir or Marrakech and from there it’s advisable to rent a car. Once you’re in Taghazout, it’s not difficult to find accommodation as the village is used to receiving many surfers from all over the world. Anchor Point is a 300 m long world class wave, and is for example, the favourite wave of Yassine Ramdani, the Moroccan surfer with the most projection, or the known Abdel el Harim. It’s the most popular wave in Morocco, and if you manage to get a glassy Moroccan sunset with typical red skies it could be one of the sessions of your life. In the winter, it’s advisable to take extra boards and of course you should try the local food and the typical tea.
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