Taghazout tide times

Taghazout is 20 kilometres north of Agadir on the Atlantic coast of the Souss-Massa — a fishing village that became, over the course of two decades, one of the primary surf destinations in Africa. The village sits on a low headland above a small beach; the point breaks to the north and south of the headland are what draw the surf traffic. The tidal regime is the same mesotidal semidiurnal pattern as Agadir: mean range approximately 1.7 metres at Chart Datum, spring range around 2.2 metres, two highs and two lows per day. At these breaks, that 1.7-metre range matters directly — tide height changes wave shape.

Anchor Point is the benchmark break, a right-hand point break at the rocky headland approximately 1 kilometre north of the village centre. It works on northwest swell — the dominant Atlantic fetch direction for this coast — and produces long, peeling walls from the point across the bay. The break works best at mid to high tide: as the water rises above 0.8 to 1.0 metres, the shallow sections of the point cover and the wave becomes more makeable, particularly for the inside sections. At low water on a large swell, the reef is exposed and the wave closes out on the dry sections of rock. Swell size 1.5 to 2.5 metres is the sweet spot; bigger swells (3 m+) on spring high tide can produce long rides of 150 metres or more.

Panaromas — sometimes spelled Panoramas — is a right-hand point break a few hundred metres south of Anchor Point, below a clifftop terrace. The restaurant on the terrace above the break has an unobstructed view of the line-up and has become a standard watching point for photographers and non-surfing observers. The break is more user-friendly than Anchor Point at smaller swell sizes (0.8 to 1.5 m) and mid-tide, making it the first introduction to Taghazout's point break character for many visiting surfers. Hash Point and Boilers are further south toward Agadir — Hash Point is a rock reef that can be fast and hollow on a good northwest swell at mid to high tide.

The original identity of Taghazout as a fishing village is still present in the small boat fleet moored in the cove below the village. The argan tree forests inland from the coast, in the foothills of the Anti-Atlas, are the source of argan oil — the nut-cracking cooperatives operated by Berber women are visible along the road between Taghazout and Agadir. The argan tree (Argania spinosa) grows only in southwest Morocco and a small area of Algeria; the oil from the cold-pressed nuts is used in Moroccan cooking and has become a global cosmetic ingredient. Goats climb the argan trees to eat the fruit — a genuine phenomenon and not a tourist staging.

Accommodation in Taghazout ranges from surf camps with board hire and guided sessions, concentrated in the village and on the road north toward Anchor Point, to the larger resort complex (Taghazout Bay, developed from 2019) north of the breaks. The village itself retains the narrow alleys, rooftop terraces, and small restaurants of its fishing-village origins.

Tide predictions on this page come from Open-Meteo Marine, a gridded global ocean model. Accuracy is typically within plus or minus 45 minutes on timing and 0.2 to 0.3 metres on height. For authoritative official tide tables for this coast, consult SHOMAR, the Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine.