Ramparts of Essaouira — Essaouira, the nearest town. Photo: Kayaky, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Essaouira

Essaouira is a town in Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz, Morocco. From Essaouira you can reach 3 surf spots, 3 kite spots and 2 windsurf spots. The nearest is Essaouira, a surf spot 0.8 km from the centre. Overture lists 178 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is ESU, 15 km away.

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Staying in Essaouira

178 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
Nearest airports: ESU, 15 km, AGA, 136 km, Marrakesh Menara Airport (RAK), 164 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Essaouira.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for beginner surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them. 2 spots stay in another town: within your drive, they count for Essaouira too.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Intermediate

Spot

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Cap Sim15.5 kmabout 30 min by carStays in Sidi Kaouki, 6 kmIntermediate and up

6 ft500 kJ

5 ft222 kJ

4 ft320 kJ

3 ft223 kJ

6 ft578 kJ

6 ft748 kJ

5 ft444 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Cap Sim, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft8 ssoft	500kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots	19°C
Tue 20Oct	47, fair	5 ft8 smushy	222kJ	wind from the south, 4 knots	19°C
Wed 21Oct	46, fair	4 ft11 ssoft	320kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 11 knots	21°C
Thu 22Oct	47, fair	3 ft10 ssoft	223kJ	wind from the north-east, 4 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	7, poor	6 ft10 ssoft	578kJ	wind from the north, 20 knots	20°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	6 ft11 ssoft	748kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 16 knots	20°C
Sun 25Oct	27, poor	5 ft10 ssoft	444kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 14 knots	19°C

Essaouira0.8 kmabout 5 min by carIntermediate and up

6 ft490 kJ

5 ft210 kJ

4 ft313 kJ

3 ft227 kJ

6 ft572 kJ

6 ft773 kJ

5 ft477 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Essaouira, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft8 scrumbling	490kJ	wind from the south, 5 knots	20°C
Tue 20Oct	53, good	5 ft8 smushy	210kJ	wind from the south-south-east, 2 knots, offshore	19°C
Wed 21Oct	37, fair	4 ft11 scrumbling	313kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 9 knots	21°C
Thu 22Oct	49, good	3 ft10 scrumbling	227kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 3 knots	20°C
Fri 23Oct	9, poor	6 ft10 smushy	572kJ	wind from the north, 19 knots	19°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	6 ft10 scrumbling	773kJ	wind from the north-east, 11 knots	20°C
Sun 25Oct	14, poor	5 ft10 smushy	477kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 15 knots	19°C

Sidi Kaouki17.7 kmabout 35 min by carStays in Sidi KaoukiIntermediate and up

6 ft426 kJ

4 ft181 kJ

4 ft296 kJ

4 ft363 kJ

6 ft526 kJ

6 ft550 kJ

5 ft391 kJ

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Sidi Kaouki, each day
Day	Scorefor Intermediate	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Mon 19Oct	0, too big	6 ft8 ssoft	426kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 4 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	40, fair	4 ft7 smushy	181kJ	wind from the south-south-west, 2 knots	23°C
Wed 21Oct	43, fair	4 ft11 ssoft	296kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots, offshore	27°C
Thu 22Oct	47, fair	4 ft10 ssoft	363kJ	wind from the north-north-west, 8 knots	27°C
Fri 23Oct	34, poor	6 ft10 ssoft	526kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 8 knots	25°C
Sat 24Oct	10, poor	6 ft10 ssoft	550kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 14 knots	26°C
Sun 25Oct	46, fair	5 ft10 ssoft	391kJ	wind from the north, 6 knots	25°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Essaouira, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Kite near Essaouira

NaneaKite - Kitesurf camp & Essaouira kitesurf school 0.8 km · stays here
Ananas Kitesurfing 1.5 km · stays here
Moulay Bouzerktoun 17.2 km · stays here

Windsurf near Essaouira

NaneaKite - Kitesurf camp & Essaouira kitesurf school 0.8 km · stays here
Moulay Bouzerktoun 17.2 km · stays here

Places to eat near Essaouira

Couverts d'OrPizza · 0.6 km from the centre
Relais de Paris EssaouiraFrench · 0.6 km from the centre
Chaabi ChicMoroccan · 0.7 km from the centre
Mandala SocietyBreakfast and brunch · 0.7 km from the centre
Restaurant SayefMoroccan · 0.7 km from the centre
Gusto Italia RestaurantItalian · 0.8 km from the centre

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

Essaouira, Morocco