Oualidia & El Jadida · Morocco
Surfing Oualidia
A beach break in Oualidia & El Jadida, Morocco, for beginner and intermediate surfers.
Oualidia is a small town on a lagoon, known for its oysters. The beach outside the lagoon has beach and reef peaks, and inside the lagoon the water is calm.
The waves are usually small and friendly, good for beginners. It can get busy at weekends with people from Casablanca and Marrakech.
It's best from October to April on a north-west swell. The calm lagoon behind the beach is a good place for families and first lessons, and Oualidia's oyster farms and seafood restaurants are a good reason to stay a night.
When to surf
Oualidia
Oualidia is at its best from October to April. Conditions it likes: NW swell, SE wind, all tides.
November to February: Prime
Big north-west swells, Safi's point at its best
October to April: Good
Smaller swells; beaches and Oualidia good
May to September: Quiet
Small and windy, busy beaches in summer
The year across Safi & Oualidia
Waves near Oualidia
Lalla Fatna
41 kmSafi · Beach Break · Beginner / Intermediate
Safi (Le Jardin)
51 kmSafi · Right Point · Advanced / Pro
Sidi Bouzid
71 kmOualidia & El Jadida · Beach Break · Beginner / Intermediate
Straight-line distances. By road it is usually further.
Getting there
Where to stay: Oualidia has guesthouses and small hotels on the lagoon, a calm and pretty place to stay, known for its oysters. El Jadida, further north, is a bigger town with more hotels and a historic Portuguese quarter.
Transport, costs, where to stay and the rest of the waves in the area are in the Oualidia & El Jadida guide.
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