PHOTOGRAPHY: MATTEO FIORENTINI AND ERIC COPPOLA
LOCATION: TAGHAZOUT
TAGHAZOUT IS A SMALL VILLAGE LOCATED IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF MOROCCO, 16 KM NORTH OF AGADIR. IT FACES THE ATLANTIC OCEAN MAKING IT A REAL PARADISE FOR SURFERS THAT VISIT FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. STRONG WINDS CREATE BIG STORMS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, GENERATING BIG SWELLS THAT HIT ALL THE WESTERN AFRICAN COAST. THIS CREATES SETS OF BIG AND LONG WAVES PERFECT BOTH FOR SHORT-BOARDERS AND LONG-BOARDERS. TAGHAZOUT AND ALL THE AREA SURROUNDING IT IS PACKED OF SURF SHOPS AND SURF SCHOOLS. YOU CAN EASILY RENT A CAR AND ALL THE SURF EQUIPMENT NECESSARY IN THE LOCAL STORES. LIFE GENERALLY IS QUITE CHEAP IN MOROCCO AND THE HAS GREAT FLIGHT CONNECTIONS TO GET THERE EASILY. THIS MAKES TAGHAZOUT AND MOROCCO ONE OF THE BEST PLACES WHERE TO PLAN A SURF TRIP.
SPECIAL THANKS TO PURE SURF CAMP