MOULAY
Despite other options down the coast, it felt I could not leave this place without seeing Boujmaa and Kauli rip it up at Moulay. After all, this is the spot that put this area on the map and, with high tide perfectly forecast for the morning session, we decided to stay put and sail out front of Lawamas. After a bit of a drive around the previous day it was nice to chill out and relax on the terrace in the warm morning sunshine as the early offshore breeze gradually clocked around to a sailable direction. With Coffee, toasted baguette and a pancake for breakfast, I felt fuelled up nicely for my last full day in Morocco. There’s a well-defined reef at Moulay, which works best at high tide, but still has a small keyhole at low tide when the waves break further out the back. The joy of Moulay is that it’s a real play park for both jumping and riding. The wind blows strong and when the swell is pumping, the waves have plenty of power with down-the-line carving walls and bowl sections to smack. Boujmaa and Kauli originally went in for a quick one-hour session, but, two and a half hours later, they were still out there as the conditions really started to turn on.
We finished my part of the trip with a water session that proved much harder work than I was bargaining on. The swell seemed to pick up right as I hit the water and the low tide proved to have far more rocks in the water to navigate than it looked like from the beach. That said, I eventually made it out and it was cool to be out there in the water with the likes of Kauli and Boujmaa jumping high above the waves around me.
One last delicious fish Tajine to finish the trip in front of a blood-red sunset on the terrace with a good group of friends and the trip was complete. For me, that was just a small taster of Morocco that’s made me hungry to return. Down south, the point breaks towards Agadir are in an area I’d love to explore on the right forecast. Now I know how easy it is to head to the African coastline during the winter on a late call, my radar will be tuned in next season for my next Moroccan sojourn.