What a surf week actually includes
A week here is seven nights in the surf house, five guided sessions in the water, and board and wetsuit for the duration. Five sessions across seven days is deliberate. It leaves slack, so the coaching can go where the conditions are rather than falling at the same hour every morning regardless of what the ocean is doing.
The house sits about five minutes from the line-up. That proximity does more work than any schedule, because most decisions get made after somebody has walked down and looked at the bay.
Why the tide and the wind set the timetable
Two things move the plan.
Wind is the first. Mornings in Imsouane are usually the cleanest part of the day, and onshore wind tends to build after midday and put texture on the water. That alone pushes most guided sessions early.
Tide is the second. High and low water arrive roughly fifty minutes later each day, so a session that suits first light on Monday can sit well into the morning by Friday. Which stage of tide is working also depends on the sandbank at the time, and the bank at a sand-bottom point moves through the season.
A week printed before you arrive would be wrong by Wednesday. So tomorrow’s plan is usually settled the evening before, once the coaches have seen the forecast.
What a day tends to look like
Aicha bakes bread each morning, and breakfast happens either side of the first look at the bay. If it is clean, the surf goes first and breakfast waits.
Midday is the quiet stretch: food, shade, sleep. When the wind arrives and takes the shape off the water, the afternoon becomes flexible. A second paddle if it holds, or surf-skate, video and an activity if it does not.
Evenings are on the rooftop. Tajine, mint tea, sunset, and the conversation about tomorrow.
Day by day, roughly
| Day | What usually happens | What decides the timing |
|---|---|---|
| Arrival | Transfer from Agadir (around 2 hours) or Marrakech (around 4), settle in, walk out to see the point | Your flight |
| First full day | A first session in the gentler stretch of Magic Bay, so the coaches can watch you surf | Wind, so usually early |
| Middle of the week | The densest run of sessions; tides, theory and video when the wind is up | Tide, sliding later each day |
| A lighter day | Cooking with Aicha, sandboarding, Paradise Valley or the Agadir souk | A flat spell or a windy forecast |
| The best day of the swell | The longest session of the week; on a Development Week this can mean driving up the coast by 4x4 | The forecast, read a day or two ahead |
| Departure | Breakfast, a last look at the bay, transfer | Your flight |
Nothing above is a fixed order. A big swell arriving on day two rearranges the whole week, which is the intended behaviour rather than a problem.
Do all three weeks work the same way?
All of them run seven nights and all of them follow the conditions. What changes is how much sits around the surfing.
| Week | Who it suits | Guided surfing | What else is included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surf Camp Week | First-timers through to improvers | 5 guided sessions | 7 nights in the surf house, board and wetsuit |
| Surf & Yoga Week | Anyone who wants recovery built into the week | 5 guided sessions | Everything in the Surf Camp Week, plus 5 rooftop yoga sessions, a traditional hammam and slow-food family dinners |
| Surf Development Week | Intermediate and up | Small-group coaching, capped at five | Daily video analysis, spot-chasing up the coast by 4x4, and sessions on tides, theory and reading the line-up |
Group size in the water is capped at five across the board, and the coaches are ISA-certified.
When in the year should I come?
North-west Atlantic swell is most consistent from September to April. December to February brings the biggest and busiest surf, and in those months the week bends hardest towards the forecast: you might surf every session available for three days and then sit out a storm. May to August is the smallest and the best window for learning, which usually means steadier, more predictable days.
Water sits around 17-20C in winter and 20-23C in summer. A 3/2 wetsuit covers most of the year, and 4/3s are in the rental stock for the coldest stretch.
There are more than fifteen surf spots between Imsouane and Agadir, including Anchor Point at Taghazout, so a poor forecast in the bay does not always mean a poor forecast on the coast. Closer to home, Cathedral Point on the exposed side of the headland is more powerful and breaks over rock, which makes it a spot for confident surfers rather than a lesson venue.
What gets confirmed before you arrive
Room arrangements, arrival and departure timings, dietary needs and current rates depend on the week and the group, so we confirm them with you directly rather than publishing a number that may not apply to your dates. Booking is by WhatsApp or email and we confirm availability the same day; a small deposit secures the week and the balance is settled on arrival.
If you want the weeks laid out side by side, they are on surf weeks. Single sessions, including private coaching with video analysis, are on lessons; boards, wetsuits and surf-skates are on rental; and the things that fill a windy afternoon are on activities.