There are two ways to stay with us. Inside the village, where everything is on foot and the day has a soundtrack. Or out at Taghazout Bay, where it is quiet and there is a pool. This page is about the first.
What the village actually is
Taghazout is a Berber fishing village of around five thousand people on the Atlantic coast, nineteen kilometres north of Agadir. It became known in the 1960s when Jimi Hendrix and members of the Rolling Stones came here to get away from London, at roughly the same moment surfers were working out what the point breaks did on a north-west swell.
Sixty years later the boats still land on the beach in the morning, the day still runs on tides and swell forecasts, and the Atlantic still delivers. Large resorts have gone up along Taghazout Bay a few kilometres south. The village itself has not become one.
The waves at the door
| Spot | What it is |
|---|---|
| Hash Point | At village level, walkable from the door. Right-hander, the one you check first. |
| Panorama | Sand bottom, gentler, the beginner spot, where most first lessons happen. |
| Anchor Point | Morocco’s most famous wave. World-class right-hand point break, best on a big north-west swell. Not a beginner wave. |
| Killer Point | Further north, long and powerful when it turns on. |
Which one you surf on a given day is our instructors’ call, made on the morning’s conditions. More on that on the surf school page.
Why stay in the village
- Everything on foot. Surf, cafés, the fish market, the shops, the skatepark.
- The atmosphere. A working village with international surfers in it, not a resort with a beach attached.
- The rooftops. Both our village addresses have them, and both look at the water.
- You are where the week runs from. Surf sessions, excursions and dinners all leave from the hostel.
The trade-off is honest: the village is lively, sometimes loud, and there is no pool. If you want quiet and space, look at Taghazout Bay instead.
The two addresses
| Address | Who it suits |
|---|---|
| BigBlue Surf Hostel | Dorms and privates, the rooftop everyone ends up on, and the operational heart of the week. Solo travellers and anyone who came to meet people. |
| BigBlue Surf Guesthouse | Two minutes away and several decibels quieter. En-suite twin rooms with balconies over the street, plus a dorm. Couples, and people on their second week. |
A word on the village
Beachwear on the beach, something over it in the village. Taghazout is a working Moroccan village and that small courtesy is noticed. It is also largely dry: licensed places are in Agadir and at Taghazout Bay.