Cape Boujdour, Morocco

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Laâyoune, is 173 km away. Nearest airport: EUN (EUN), 170 km.

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About Cape Boujdour

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces W (285°), so it takes swell from the W. The wind blows offshore from the E (105°). It is sheltered to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 15). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would break hollow. The sea is about 18°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 22°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually December, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Laâyoune, is 173 km away. Nearest airport: EUN (EUN), 170 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 21 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to LPA, changing at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS).
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Getting there. 4 h 05 from the airport to Cape Boujdour.
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No town nearby
No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Laâyoune, is 173 km away. Nearest airport: EUN (EUN), 170 km.
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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Cape Boujdour, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	27, poor	3 ft5 smushy	42kJ	wind from the north, 12 knots	25°C
Mon 19Oct	43, fair	3 ft7 shollow	91kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 6 knots, offshore	26°C
Tue 20Oct	49, good	4 ft8 shollow	230kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots, offshore	27°C
Wed 21Oct	35, poor	3 ft8 shollow	108kJ	wind from the south, 7 knots	27°C
Thu 22Oct	18, too small	2 ft6 shollow	20kJ	wind from the east, 3 knots, offshore	29°C
Fri 23Oct	26, too small	3 ft10 shollow	129kJ	wind from the north-east, 13 knots	27°C
Sat 24Oct	22, poor	3 ft6 smushy	73kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 16 knots	22°C
Sun 25Oct	28, poor	4 ft6 smushy	89kJ	wind from the north-east, 14 knots	24°C
Mon 26Oct	42, fair	4 ft7 smushy	127kJ	wind from the north, 1 knot	23°C
Tue 27Oct	27, too small	3 ft6 shollow	54kJ	wind from the north-east, 8 knots	24°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to LPA, changing at LIS, then 4h 05 by road. About 21h 40 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Cape Boujdour
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Cape Boujdour
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 8 s, wind 7 kn (13 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 29 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 24 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to LPA, changing at LIS, then 4h 05 by road. About 21h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £645–£1,270 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to LPA, estimated from distance and season, changing at LIS, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£405–£845
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Hire car	6 days, shared	£45–£80
Food	7 days eating out	£110–£200
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£50–£80
Total		£645–£1,270

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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