Anchor Point Surf Season
Taghazout, Morocco · part of the Anchor Point spot guide
Anchor Point is a winter wave. From November through February the North Atlantic runs a conveyor of storms between Iceland and the Azores, and their long-period groundswell marches thousands of miles south to Morocco. January is the bullseye; summer goes largely flat and more onshore.
Where the swell comes from
Mid-latitude cyclones tracking Iceland to the Azores generate the swell; the Azores High steers those lows and, in the right winter setup, opens a west-northwest fetch onto Morocco.
Historic swells at Anchor Point
Off the charts
A swell reported near 20 ft that exceeded the forecast-chart scale, sending big-wave surfers toward Agadir — the biggest documented day, though the size figure is loosely sourced.
West-swell perfection
A west swell at 15 seconds with near-zero wind on a dropping tide peeled the points to perfection — the classic recipe of long-period W-NW groundswell, light offshore and a falling tide.