What are the beaches around Taghazout (surf)?

Taghazout is where I send anyone who wants to surf in Morocco. It's a small former fishing village about twenty kilometres north of Agadir that turned into a relaxed surf town, and the magic is the string of world-class right-hand point breaks just up and down the coast. Anchor Point is the famous one — a long, peeling right that breaks over reef and can hold serious size — but there's a whole menu: Killer Point (named for the killer whales sometimes seen offshore), Panorama, Hash Point right in front of the village, and the gentler beach break at Devil's Rock.

For beginners and families I steer people slightly south to Tamraght and the long sandy stretch nicknamed Banana Beach (after the banana plantations behind it), or to Crocodile Beach — these are soft sandy-bottom beach breaks where the surf schools run their lessons, much friendlier than the reef points. Taghazout itself has hundreds of surf camps and board-and-wetsuit rental, so you don't need to bring gear.

Timing matters more than at most beaches. The premium point breaks fire in the Atlantic winter, roughly October through April, when the north-westerly swells arrive — that's high season for surfers, not summer. Summer is calmer and warmer for swimming and learning but flat for advanced surf. The water is cool year-round thanks to the Atlantic current, so a wetsuit is standard even in 'hot' months; everyone rents one.

Beyond the surf, Taghazout has become a genuinely pleasant base — yoga studios, smoothie cafés, rooftop sunsets, argan-oil co-ops in the hills behind. Even non-surfers in a group enjoy it. If surf is the goal, I usually plan a three-day Taghazout block; you can read the day-by-day version in the surf itinerary, and pair it with Agadir's bigger beach nearby if you want city amenities too.