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Oued Cherrat, Morocco

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شائط جماعة الشراط - Cherrat beach
Near Oued Cherrat, 2 km away. Photo: Mounir Neddi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Oued Cherrat

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

The spot faces NW (336°), so it takes swell from the NW. The wind blows offshore from the SE (156°). 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 700 m out (1 in 69). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 17°C in January, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 23°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For intermediate surfers the best months are usually January, February, September and October, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Bouznika, 6.1 km away (about 15 min by car).

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 18 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. ORD to RBA, changing at MAD. About 6 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → RBA · Skyscanner from about £420 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 1 h 05 from the airport to Oued Cherrat.

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  3. Accommodation.

    Stay in BouznikaAd

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

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

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct475 ft9 ssoft324kJ20°C
Mon 19Oct494 ft8 smushy203kJ20°C
Tue 20Oct533 ft13 ssoft308kJ21°C
Wed 21Oct433 ft11 ssoft207kJ20°C
Thu 22Oct523 ft10 ssoft200kJ20°C
Fri 23Oct455 ft9 ssoft412kJ20°C
Sat 24Oct06 ft9 ssoft562kJ20°C
Sun 25Oct425 ft8 ssoft337kJ19°C
Mon 26Oct564 ft10 ssoft293kJ20°C
Tue 27Oct515 ft9 ssoft302kJ20°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

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to RBA, changing at MAD, then 1h 05 by road. About 18h 30 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Surf Oued Cherrat

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 13 s, wind 7 kn (12 km/h).

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Oued Cherrat

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 11 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Surf Oued Cherrat

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 3 ft at 10 s, wind 5 kn (9 km/h).

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Surf Oued Cherrat

    Best 09:00 to 12:00 local time: 5 ft at 9 s, wind 1 kn (2 km/h).

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to RBA, changing at MAD, then 1h 05 by road. About 18h 30 door to door

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Rough cost

About £775–£1,495 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to RBA, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£420–£875
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Hire car6 days, shared£45–£80
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£115–£195
Food7 days eating out£110–£200
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£50–£80
Total£775–£1,495

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

Places to eat near Bouznika

  • Restaurant La Marmite du ChefPizza · 0.4 km from the centre
  • Crepe de parisPancake house · 0.7 km from the centre
  • Espace-sanhaja service0.1 km from the centre
  • Hamed Food Chiken0.4 km from the centre
  • Snack Mak Omar0.5 km from the centre
  • Bouznika Golf view Restaurant0.8 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

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