We are opening a surf camp in morocco and this is a little blog about our venture.
The weather in Morocco is warm through whole year. At least near the sea. The high Atlas mountains can have lots of snow in the winter and even offer great skiing and snowboarding conditions. Anyway, just be prepared if you will visit Morocco.
Now to water temperature in Morocco.
Surfing in Morocco is mostly done in Autumn, Winter and Spring because Summer is kind of to hot and not a lot of waves, the wind is also stronger during the summer. In the Autumn water temperature goes somewhere to 18 - 17 C. Then in the winter it gets even a bit colder and can drop down to 15C. In spring it starts warming again. So you can probably surf through autumn in a shorty but a full 3/2 wetsuit will be better. And in the winter if you want to be really warm bring a 4/3 full wetsuit and some wetsuit boots just in case.
What kind of wetsuits are used also depends on the weather, if it’s windy or cloudy you will feel colder than on a hot African day in Morocco. Just in case we also recommend you check this wetsuit and water temperature guide.
To end this also another recommendation - bring your wetsuit with you. The surf shop and surf scene in Morocco is developing but it’s still hard to count on getting a wetsuit that you will like and will fit. so it’s best to bring one from home.
Enjoy surfing in Morocco!
We decided to post some fhotos from Surf Camp Morocco to get you started and what is a better way to do so that than post a bunch of wipeout photos. Ouch! :)
Surf Camp Morocco
When you first come to Morroco, probably to the Marrakesh or Agadir airport and pay that tripple price for the taxi ride from the airport to the city the driver will 9 out of 10 times say: “Welcome to Morocco!”. So we say Welcome to Surf Camp Morocco (not implying that we charge tripple :)) ).
We have collected a bunch of pictures from our surf trips to Morocco. There are to many to post them all here, but we will post some. Morocco is always a great place for taking surfing photos and other travel photos. The different culture, the contrast…
I still cant quite believe it, we are opening Surf Camp Morocco. But let me start at the beginning. We are a bunch of surfers from Slovenia, one of the more unlikely places to start surfing. Our coastline is little over 40km long to begin with, not to mention that it is set deeeep into the corner pocket of the Mediteranian sea. So you have Mediteranian sea that in not that good for surfing, then you have Adriatic sea, that is a part of it and it’s even worse and at the end of it is our coast that sucks. Basically we are dooomed :)
But that did not stop us. When there is a will there is a way. Even more if there is surfing involved. Still, Surf Camp Morocco was years away. We started closer - in France. This is the fastest way to get to the ocean from over here, its “just” 1.560km away. Soon we started teaching others to surf and bringing more and more people to France. Our first surf camp had to evolve from that. This year is the seventh year we are running asurf camp in France and it is time for the next step - Surf Camp in Morocco.
This is step into the unknown, a step into a country of adventure and mistery… no matter what, when you return from Morocco you will have stories to tell. We do every time we go there.
Well, thanks for surfing through this for now. We’ll to post more info on how we are doing and what our Surf Camp Morocco is all about in the future. Cheers!
