Plate VI · North of Agadir
Taghazout
Short answer
Taghazout (30.54° N · 9.71° W) has almost no kiteable wind in the data: even in its best month (April) only 3% of days reach a 12-knot daytime mean, with an average of 6.9 kn. Come for the surf. Offshore sea temperature ranges from 17.2 to 22.0 °C.
The spot
Taghazout is a surf village on the Atlantic coast north of Agadir.
It is in this atlas for honesty: in ten years of data, no month has more than 3 % of days with a daytime mean of 12 kn or more, and the monthly mean never exceeds 7 kn. It is a surf destination, not a kite spot.
Wind, month by month
ERA5 reanalysis 2015–2024, wind at 10 m, daytime 11:00–18:00 Moroccan clock time of the period, ≈ 10:00–17:00 on today’s UTC+0 clock.
Monthly wind statistics, Taghazout
| Month | Avg wind (kn) | Days ≥ 12 kn | Days ≥ 15 kn | Directions (hours ≥ 8 kn) | Air max (°C) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 | 2% | 0% | NW 41 · E 27 · W 18 | 23.0 |
| Feb | 5.6 | 2% | 0% | NW 37 · E 27 · W 20 | 24.0 |
| Mar | 6.3 | 2% | 0% | NW 45 · W 38 · SW 7 | 25.2 |
| Apr | 6.9 | 3% | 0% | W 58 · NW 37 · SW 3 | 27.0 |
| May | 6.5 | 1% | 0% | W 67 · NW 31 · SW 1 | 29.7 |
| Jun | 6.6 | 0% | 0% | W 83 · NW 15 · SW 1 | 30.9 |
| Jul | 5.4 | 0% | 0% | W 85 · NW 10 · N 2 | 36.3 |
| Aug | 5.3 | 0% | 0% | W 67 · NW 15 · E 12 | 36.1 |
| Sep | 5.3 | 0% | 0% | W 76 · NW 18 · E 5 | 32.0 |
| Oct | 5.3 | 1% | 0% | W 34 · NW 30 · E 23 | 30.3 |
| Nov | 4.7 | 1% | 0% | NW 35 · E 29 · W 21 | 26.7 |
| Dec | 4.5 | 0% | 0% | E 44 · NW 26 · W 13 | 24.0 |
Directions: share (%) of daytime hours at 8 knots or more, for the three most frequent sectors. Air max: mean of daily daytime maximum air temperature.
The sea: temperature and offshore swell
Open-Meteo Marine API, monthly means 2022–2024 at the nearest offshore model point. These are not beach wave heights.
Sea off Taghazout (30.54° N · 9.73° W)
| Month | Sea temp. (°C) | Offshore waves (m) | Period (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.2 | 1.2 | 10.7 |
| Feb | 17.2 | 1.2 | 10.8 |
| Mar | 17.7 | 1.6 | 10.7 |
| Apr | 18.9 | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| May | 19.1 | 1.1 | 7.4 |
| Jun | 20.4 | 1.0 | 6.8 |
| Jul | 21.5 | 1.0 | 6.6 |
| Aug | 22.0 | 1.0 | 6.9 |
| Sep | 21.5 | 0.9 | 7.9 |
| Oct | 21.6 | 1.1 | 9.2 |
| Nov | 19.7 | 1.2 | 10.6 |
| Dec | 18.5 | 1.1 | 10.4 |