Taghazout and Windsurfing

Turn Taghazout village in the south of Morocco to the capital every winter for lovers of windsurfing when heavy cold in Europe.

Located in this small village, which is to be quiet throughout the year, at the foothills of the Atlas and the southern city of Essaouira, 20 km from the famous tourist city of Agadir.

Taghazout and turns to kiss enthusiasts and professionals windsurfing, and witnessing active movement along the main road lined with restaurants and snack bars and shops for the sale of supplies for windsurfing.

A surfing enthusiast in Tagazotahd lovers surfing in Taghazout
The spread in the village camps dedicated to surfers that flourished beginning of the nineties parallel with the increasing popularity of the sport.

The amount of air temperature 24 degrees and the water temperature amounting to 19 degrees, The availability conditions for surfers fleeing cold north, and the presence of an international airport in Agadir and ticket prices affordable for everyone encourages enthusiasts to travel to the south.

This video for Kiss surfing in winter.



But the overwhelming response received by the village constitutes a nuisance to some, it is not surprising that visitors complain web surfing from the large number of arrivals on Taghazout in this period of the year. Wrote one visitor site allosurf.net "Avoid coming in the end of the period of the year because the whole of Europe are on holiday."

However, a large percentage of fans do not care about the waves overcrowding region. He said the French-Baptiste, who presented with his family to Taghazout "It's a nice feeling to return to surfing after two months of compulsory stop."

Beach Tagazochati Taghazout
The German Tom, who revealed that he used to ride the waves at the shores of California, said, "smaller waves here but the atmosphere is even better than San Diego in such a time of the year."

Kiwi Phil said, "Europe in this period of the year is dark and cool," and the alternative for surfers is the Canaries away from the old continent five hours, but the trip is very expensive compared to Btagazot.

The remainder turnout daily surfing linked to the quality Ski panels on the water, and also the size of the waves, which lagged behind schedule this year. Frederick said Xavier, who runs a pizzeria in Taghazout since 2005, the season that surfing in the region ends in April / April where declining number of visitors.