Oualidia, Morocco

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Oualidia, 0 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Mohammed V International Airport (CMN), 152 km.

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About Oualidia

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

The spot faces NW (316°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (136°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 600 m out (1 in 61). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 17°C in February, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 22°C in September, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January and December, with about 2 good days in 7; in June, July and August, about 0. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Oualidia, 0 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: Mohammed V International Airport (CMN), 152 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot.

Water about 21°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 19 h 40 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Mohammed V International Airport (CMN), changing at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
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Getting there. 2 h 55 from the airport to Oualidia.
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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 Oualidia, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	0, too big	6 ft8 ssoft	470kJ	wind from the west-south-west, 4 knots	21°C
Mon 19Oct	13, poor	4 ft9 smushy	268kJ	wind from the west, 10 knots	22°C
Tue 20Oct	59, good	4 ft7 smushy	179kJ	wind from the south, 3 knots, offshore	22°C
Wed 21Oct	41, fair	3 ft11 ssoft	239kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 8 knots	23°C
Thu 22Oct	48, good	4 ft10 ssoft	246kJ	wind from the east-north-east, 5 knots	21°C
Fri 23Oct	0, too big	6 ft10 ssoft	618kJ	wind from the north-east, 11 knots	22°C
Sat 24Oct	0, too big	6 ft10 ssoft	664kJ	wind from the north-east, 7 knots	21°C
Sun 25Oct	8, poor	5 ft8 smushy	268kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 12 knots	22°C
Mon 26Oct	39, fair	5 ft10 ssoft	425kJ	wind from the north-east, 6 knots	23°C
Tue 27Oct	33, poor	6 ft9 smushy	444kJ	wind from the north-east, 8 knots	22°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 CMN, changing at JFK, then 2h 55 by road. About 19h 40 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Surf Oualidia
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 7 s, offshore wind.
Wed 21 Oct
Surf Oualidia
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, wind 8 kn (14 km/h).
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Oualidia
Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 4 ft at 10 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to CMN, changing at JFK, then 2h 55 by road. About 19h 40 door to door

Rough cost

About £660–£1,300 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 CMN, estimated from distance and season, changing at JFK, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£420–£875
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		£660–£1,300

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

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