Surf camps in Tamraght

Almost everyone who learns to surf around Taghazout does it in Tamraght, and the camps here are built around that. Banana Beach, Banana Point and Devil's Rock are sandbars, they forgive a fall, and they are a five-minute walk rather than a shuttle ride from most of the village.

That geography does something to the price. A camp in Tamraght does not need to run a van every morning, and the ones that do are taking you north to the points rather than away from a bad break. Read the transport line on a package here: it tells you whether you are being sold a beginner week or a touring one.

Reading the prices

Our four sheets here run from 34 € a night at Azul Guesthouse to 78 € at Solid Surf House, and it is not a quality ladder. At the bottom is a Berber guesthouse selling beds and lessons separately; at the top, one all-inclusive package with three meals, a pool, daily yoga and a skate session.

The useful comparison is cost per coached session, not cost per night. A week with ten sessions at 600 € and a week with four at 450 € are not the same purchase, and only one of them is written on the booking page.

What the village gives, and what it does not

Tamraght is residential and quiet. That is restful with a partner and long on your own: if you are travelling alone and hesitating between the two villages, the density of Taghazout is worth the five minutes.

What it does give is the shortest distance between your bed and a wave you can actually ride in your first week. Nobody learns on a point break, and Tamraght is the village that never asks you to.

Four sheets, and why not more

Six more Tamraght camps sit in our inventory without a sheet. They are unread rather than rejected: a camp is published once its rooms, packages and prices have been taken off its own site, and that takes an afternoon per camp.