Here is a list of things to pack on your Surf Star Morocco holiday:

• Passport or travel document (valid with 6 months extra time – check with the Moroccan embassy for up to date entry requirements),
• Visa (if you need one – Europeans can visit Morocco for 90 days – check the Moroccan embassy for more information)
• Flight Boarding Pass (on your phone or printed – you can also print them at Surf Star if needed),
• Travel insurance (including surfing – this is not required to come but is recommended),
• Money  – Best to bring a Bankcard and a bit of cash (Visa and Master card work). You will not need much spending money but there is no dinner served once per week (Fridays) so that guests can eat out together and explore the local area.
• A pen and your Moroccan address for the Moroccan border entry form. Your address is “Surf House Morocco, Tamraght, Agadir”
• Sun protection, sun cream (waterproof for surfing 50+ or zinc – or buy it here), sun hat and sunglasses
• Flip flops or good travel shoes you can walk on sand in,
• Nice shoes if you will party in Agadir and want to enter a club (not everyone want to do that of course)
• Swim wear – depending on how long you are coming for, its nice to have some options in case one is wet,
• Sun glasses – ones that make you feel like a cool surfer 🙂
• Beach towel or sarong (we offer them at surf star too if you need to borrow one),
• You may want to bring your own surf equipment but this is optional. We offer a great range of surf equipment but if you want to bring your own equipment you are welcome to.
• You may want to bring your own yoga mat – but we provide them in the yoga sessions,
• Clothing – a mix is best! Pack things which make you feel good! Summer clothes with some warmer cover ups will be great, underwear
• An open mind and a big fat smile

For a detailed list of Surf Star’s location, travel advise and tips to make travelling to Surf Star cheaper and easier, you can check out our ‘Travel Guide and Locations page here.

Agadir is the closest airport, just a 40 minute drive to the surf house in Tamraght. Yes Agadir Airport and Agadir Bus Station transfers are offered for FREE when guests stay 5 nights or longer. You will be requested for your arrival details when you book your holiday so that your driver can collect you with a Surf Star Morocco sign as you arrive.

Marrakech or Essaouria are also popular entry points. Marrakech Airport takes 3/3.5hours driving time to Surf Star. Essoauira Airport is also near by and takes around 2/2.5hours driving time from Surf Star. Again, for your travel options here, see our ‘Travel Guide and Locations Page’ for lots of details about how to get here, how to travel to and around Morocco, and for local travel tips and advise.  This travel guide also includes awesome tips about how to book cheap flights with Skyscanner as well as details about getting transfers, taxi’s, CTM or Supratours buses from Essoaira or Marrakech and more!

See the Location facts by clicking here. We have a detailed page about our stunning surf camp location which offers tons of facts about the local area, our location and how to get here. Click here to see the Surf Star Travel Guide and Location page. You can also check out our extra activities page by clicking here. Other than the obvious surfing and yoga; the most popular extra things to do at Surf Star Morocco include the local Hammam/Massage experience, a day trip to Paradise Valley, exploring the local souk markets of Aourir and Agadir, having dinner and enjoying live music at Adam’s Cafe (AKA Adamino’s) and exploring Tamraght and Taghazout’s cafes.

Please see the ‘From Marrakech to Surf Star Morocco’ section our Travel Guide for up to date information and travel option about how to get here from Marrakech Airport, city or Marrakech Bus Station. You will need to get a petit (orange) taxi to either bus station: CTM or Supratours. There you can get a ticket for the next bus to Agadir. If the buses are full at one bus station you can easily get a taxi to the other. Find out your estimated time of arrival and then call us. We will arrange for a transfer to pick you up where you exit the bus in Agadir Bus Station. Your Surf Star driver will be waiting for you with a Surf Star Morocco sign. All these details and more will be offered to you after booking via email.

Our Travel Guide offers all the information you need to arrange your travel to Surf Star Morocco including how to organise your transfers, and many travel options, tips and local advise. After you have booked, you will be asked for you to send us your arrival details via email or whatsapp message. This will included your flight number, airline name and confirm the time and date of arrival to Agadir Airport. We will pick you up from the arrivals area of Agadir Airport with a Surf Star Morocco sign and our driver will bring you directly to us. Feel free to ask your driver to stop to collect alcohol as there are no local bars but you can drink at the surf camp.

Yes there is Wifi at the surf house on the roof terrace which has a stunnign ocean view and is generally quiet in the day time when everyone is out surfing. There is also fibre Optic wifi at Surf Star’s Cafe (AKA Adaminos or Adam’s Cafe) just around the corner from the surf house in Tamraght which is also a lovely place to work with an ocean view.

Yes you can arrive at any time of day or night. Email or message us on Whatsapp with your bus name, estimated time of arrival and confirm the time and date. Our driver will collect you from the point where you exit the coach with a Surf Star Morocco sign and happily and safely bring you straight to the surf camp at any time of day or night.

Yes each apartment has an air conditioning unit but to be honest you do not really need it as the buildings are build to keep cold in during the summer time and warmth in during the winter time. Air conditioners are not in the bedrooms just 1 air conditioning unit in each apartment. This is enough to keep you as cool as a cucumber when its super hot during the summer months (July and August).

Morocco is probably the most consistent surf location for year round surf and sunshine closest to Europe. With surf-able waves year round for beginners, the high surf season in Morocco runs from September until April. This is the busiest time of year when swell is awesome for beginner and intermediate surfers. Advanced surfers would probably prefer the winter motnhs of October – March time when the swell is even bigger. Don’t worry if you are a total beginner though. The camp is always beginner accommodating and there is only about 2 days per year usually when the surf is too big to go in. On these days we offer alternative day trips and also go to watch the epic big waves and the 2 or 3 surfer warriors who brave the biggest swell in Morocco which reaches about 7.5meters. You can also checkout Magic Seaweed for the best up to date forecast to see what mother nature has planned for us! The summer months of July and August are the hottest time of year and offer the smallest swell which is still awesome for beginner surfers.

The local currency in Morocco is Moroccan Dirhams or MAD for short. The word for money in Morocco is ‘floos’. At Surf Star, you can pay in Euros, Pounds or Moroccan Dirhams via card or cash. Not all cards are accepted such as American Express, but Visa or Master card works fine. Morocco has a closed currency so you cannot bring very much Moroccan Dirham/MAD into the country or out of the country. This means you can not change money to Moroccan Dirhams in your home country before entering Morocco. Most places here do not accept traveller’s cheques or card payments (including us) so you will need to get your holiday money either from the Cash Machine/ATM at the airport on arrival, withdraw from the local ATM or bring cash with you to change at the local currency exchange in Tamraght. The closest currency exchange is just a 5 mins walk away from the surf house. There are local cash machines in Banana Village just a 1 minute drive away from the surf camp.

At the surf camp you will have fridges to store your own alcohol in. There are no local alcohol shops or bars so please bring your drinks with you either from the airport (the other end) or buy it on the way here from the Airport. Feel free to ask your driver to stop at an alcohol shop.

Ensure that you have purchased comprehensive travel & medical insurance for your entire trip to Morocco. This should include surfing!

Our gorgeous in-house chefs prepare a variety of really delicious vegetarian Moroccan style meals made with the best ingredient – love! A specialist vegan chef came to train them, inspiring awesome vegan and vegetarian meals. We are confident that you will be full and satisfied. The local veggies are really delicious and often organic (just without the certifications).

Don’t drink the tap water just in case in disagrees with your belly. We advise everyone not the drink the tap water as it can make you ill. Sadly this means sticking to bottled water, although we are currently trying to find the safest water purifier which ensures people do not get sick. Bare with us and one day we will be able to offer filtered safe drinking water. But for now, we offer 1 big water bottle each day.

The cute surf house offers a thoughtful, well cleaned, apartment style guesthouse which has a ‘make yourself at home’ feel. There is free tea and coffee offered around the clock and little treats for when you return back from the surf. There are 3 ocean view terraces – one where we all eat together, the other is dedicated to yoga, and the other is where we hang out and chill around a fire pit or in the swing chairs or hammocks. The surf camp is organised into 8 different apartments where every 2 rooms shares a bathroom apart from in the top apartment (great for families or groups of friends) where 3 rooms share a bathroom. There are no bunk beds, and rooms are offered to hold 1 up to 4 people. We do not currently offer en-suites however it may be possible to place you into an apartment if it is a slightly quieter week. So ask the office angels if this is something important to you, because we love to make people happy!]

Whats the daily schedule like?

The daily schedule alternates depending on the swell, guest requests, and the time of daylight. In August for example, the daily schedule is as follows;

• 7:30-8:30am Morning Yoga
• 8:30 – 9:30am Breakfast
• 9:30am – Surf Transport leaves – surf lessons, lunch picnic at the beach, surf/chill
• 4:30pm – Back to the surf house
• 6:30-7:30pm Sunset yoga
• 7:45 – Dinner and chill

There is no dinner offered on Friday nights so that the group can explore the local area – and we even organise a group dinner out with live music and lots of fun. No yoga is offered on Saturdays. Usually Paradise Valley trips can be exchanged for surf days (depending on group numbers).

Don’t drink the tap water just in case in disagrees with your belly. We advise everyone not the drink the tap water as it can make you ill. Sadly this means sticking to bottled water, although we are currently trying to find the safest water purifier which ensures people do not get sick. Bare with us and one day we will be able to offer filtered safe drinking water. But for now, we offer 1 big water bottle each day.

At Surf Star most of the staff speak good to excellent English. Locally people tend to speak OK English. Many locals speak a little English, French, Berbere, Darija. Darija is the dialect of Arabic spoken in Morocco – this is different from Classical Arabic which some locals can speak or write too.

Is it safe to travel in Morocco? Can I travel to Morocco alone? Is it safe to travel in Morocco as a solo female? Are females safe in Morocco?

Check out Surf Star Morocco’s reviews to see just how happy our guests really are. Happiness thrives in safe environments. We do all we can to ensure your journey here, and your entire stay with us is as safe and enjoyable as possible. The surf house has 4 security cameras and nothing has ever been stolen from a guest there. We are closed for anyone uninvited to the surf house. Here are some good tips to ensure you are safe in Morocco:

• Let Surf Star’s office angels know your arrival details to ensure the driver can collect you on time.
• If you are travelling here by flight – make sure we know your flight number so that we can track your flight in case your flight time changes unexpectedly
• If you are being collected by a bus company, ensure that you tell us your bus company name so that the driver can wait right where you exit your bus. This saves walking around the bus station.
• Do not show your valuables when you are travelling or paying for something.
• Keep your valuable close to you.
• Do not walk alone in deserted places, even in the day time.
• If you are travelling to an unknown area, cover your shoulders and legs to be respectful to the locals. Showing flesh can be seen as inviting to the less worldly areas of Morocco. Tamraght, where the surf house is located, is a known touristy friendly area. Just don’t walk through town in your bikini or topless.
• Be aware of pick pockets in crowded areas such as the souk markets.
• Always keep an eye on your bags – when you are on the beach, we make a little nest of our belongings and the staff keep an eye on it.
• A one night stand – could be a terrible idea in Morocco. Surf Star has to register each guest who stays with us at our surf house – this keeps everyone safe, so if you want a different kind of holiday – please stay somewhere else! 😉

Follow this advise and you should have a smooth and enjoyable journey, and be safe in Morocco. We are very safety conscious so we are confident that you will have an awesome safe stay.

At Surf Star, we have created a vibe which lets everyone be what they want to be, and our aim is to bring out the best in everyone. We have decided not to include a bar at the camp because many guests say that they really like the fact that there isn’t one. This does not mean though that you can not drink and have an awesome time! It just means that we are not a crazy party surf camp.

Best way to get alcohol – is to buy it in Agadir duty free as you arrive, or ask the staff to arrange a taxi for you to go and buy some. There are fridges in each apartment so that you can keep your beers etc cool and drink as much or as little as you like, without the pressure of buying drinks at a bar thats always there.

Do I need travel insurance? Do you cater for advanced surfers? Do you do surf photo feedback and analysis? What’s different about Surf Star which makes it stand out from the other companies? Do you cater for vegetarians? What do I need to know about the culture in Morocco?

Don’t drink the tap water just in case in disagrees with your belly. We advise everyone not the drink the tap water as it can make you ill. Sadly this means sticking to bottled water, although we are currently trying to find the safest water purifier which ensures people do not get sick. Bare with us and one day we will be able to offer filtered safe drinking water. But for now, we offer 1 big water bottle each day.