TAGHAZOUT BLOG
All The Latest News From Our Taghazout Surf Camp
TAGHAZOUT NEWS
We try and post updates on all the big events and news from Taghazout, from surfing highlights, to latest development and sewage works, all the way through to new restaurant and bar openings.
Ramadam, Building Schools and SB News
As we enter the summer months, it’s always nice to have a bit of a catch up. The guys have been hard at work in spite of it being Ramadam at the moment. This week saw us featured in Flight Network’s top 55 surf destinations in the world. It’s a heck of a bucket list...
The Taghazout Surf Season So Far
This year it has been a tale of one spot really, ANCHOR POINT. Having lived in Morocco for 7 years and travelling back and forwards for a few more years, I have noticed a huge difference in how each season’s swells have worked at the points.
30 Days In To Becoming A Surf Instructor
A month ago we arrived, people from all corners of the world centred in this little pocket of Morocco. As a Moroccan newcomer, my first experience of a taxi ride from the airport in a rickety car that was barely holding together, confirmed that this would definitely be a kind of three months different from anything and anywhere else.
Grand Finale To 12 Weeks Of Surfing In Morocco
With the final assessment done and most of the coaching hours complete, surfboards were strapped to the van and all the gappies set off on their final trip of the course – back to the beautiful south of Morocco for more surf, sunsets and fun!
Gappies doing their lifeguarding!
In the blazing sunshine Thorny led his band of merry gappies from Taghazout beach for a quick paddle round to Panoramas to start their week of assessments.
Mirleft, Sidi Ifni = Pumping Waves & Good Times
Trip south….. Last month the vans were loaded, snacks purchased, playlists (good and bad!!) were prepared and we quit the overwhelming odours of our beloved Taghazout
New season, new gappies, new ideas, same team (with a few tweaks!).
There was a palpable sense of relief when the Summer came to an end in Taghazout. Don’t get me wrong it is still a lovely place to come and visit during July and August, but it is not the same place that we love.
Taghazout Cleaning Itself Up
Taghazout has a new President, a new plan for the village, a fresh new look in blue and white! So now your Morocco surf holidays are not just about pumping right hand waves, but also a cultural experience.
Immesouane Plot For Sale
After holding on to a prime plot of land for nearly 8 years, we have decided now is the time to sell it. If you love perfect waves, love sunshine and love the fact that there are now Easyjet flights from London to Essaouira, this could be the perfect spot for you.
Sidi Ifni – Surf Trip To The South Of Morocco
Taghazout and local area was looking like it might be a bit flat for a couple of days so Wail and myself made the shout that now would be a good time to go for our second surf trip down to Sidi Ifni! So 7 gappies , 2 instructors and photographer loaded up the vans and travelled south on the search for waves nice and early on Thursday morning.
Anchor Point, Still Got It
Anchor’s is still arguably the best spot in Morocco. We have spent hours and hours debating this over and over again. Sure it is pretty hard to look beyond Safi’s barrels (see the blog “Land Of The Perfect Rights” if you don’t know what I am talking about), or even the sheer length of ride that we were able to get up at Draculas last April.
Why Taghazout Keeps Getting Better
For surfers and for everyone else! Last week I was out in Taghazout, it was a lush trip, great people staying, lovely waves out front on Hash Point and Anchor point was firing. If you ever want to see a spectacle then watching guys surfing Anchors on a big day is as...
Learning To Surf At The New Improved Anza
Web Steve, our californian tech super master global megamind will be most upset. Anza used to be our stomping ground, no one else would get in the water because it was polluted and we’d get stunning waves, just to ourselves. Sure there was a risk that you might fall...
That Fuzzy Feeling: Helping Out In The Community
Taghazout is a funny place, funny in a lot of ways. There are the people, there are the goats, there is the rubbish, there are the surfers, there are the kids, there is the weather, there is even the weird smells. Somehow, they all combine together to make the village...
Road Tripping To The Desert
Three wonderful months are over. And the time has come to say goodbye. Goodbye to foreigners, who became friends. Goodbye to a country that many of us have not visited before. Taghazout has become our home for the last months and leaving it, all our new friends and...
Instructor Course Team Head South In Search Of Waves
We hit the road in search of waves! Taghazout, whilst renowned for its pumping point breaks is actually quite a sheltered part of the Moroccan coastline facing south, south-west, so it takes either a westerly swell or a big northerly swell to wrap around the points...
Land Of The Perfect Right Handers
If you are thinking about your next surf trip and Morocco is one of the options, look no further. We have prepared a selection of the best surf videos made over the years from pro surf trips, to amateur movie makers, all experiencing the land of the perfect right...
Top Things A Surfer Should Do In Morocco
We often get asked 'What is good to do in Morocco?' or whether we enjoy morocco tours. Well here are my top ten things to do if you have a little bit more than a week to enjoy traveling around Morocco (slightly weighted towards the surf lover, sure, but you'd expect...