Riding essentials
Season
no season named
Months riders and schools name
How windy
18-19 knots
Character: mixed
Room to launch
ok
access rules on record, below
Water
waves
21–23 °C in summer
Hazards
7
Reported by riders
Level
Intermediate to advanced
With a caveat: see Your level
Crowds
low crowds · busy Jul Aug
Schools
none named here
From the airport
Rabat-Salé Airport (RBA)
Transfer times under Getting there
When it fills in
Mornings are the light part of the day and the onshore breeze builds through the afternoon; from October to March the mornings are calmest of all, which is when the surfers go. No local onset or cut-off time has been published.
Bouznika has no other spot on this map within 40 km of it. straight-line distance
Backup spotsWhere riders go when the wind doesn't work here.
- Oued Cherratalso a name for this spot
- Plage Val d'Orno page yet
- Skhirat Beachno page yet
- Plage des Nations
- Mehdyano page yet
The spot
Wind
Skill requirement
Season
The wind
Direction
Direction to shore
Onshore to side-on in N to NW; side-shore to side-on in W to NW.
Dominant direction
N to NW and W to NW are both on record; elsewhere no main direction is given.
Kite sizes
metres · typical quiver highlighted
The quiver, in words
Indicative for a 75-85 kg rider, worked from the reported average rather than from a local size record: 9-10 m on an ordinary day near 18 knots, 12 m when it is soft, 7-8 m if a front pushes it past 25. On a beach break with a moving surf zone, the smaller end is the safer error.
Character
Typical strength
Around 18-19 knots is the only average on record, and it is rider-submitted rather than measured at a station. The usable days come from wind and swell lining up, not from a daily clock.
Forecast
Live forecast
Month by month
- Jan3
- Feb9
- Mar19
- Apr12
- May5
- Jun2
- Jul0
- Aug0
- Sep0
- Oct10
- Nov2
- Dec3
windy days per month (3 h+ at 12 kn+)
Our wind model misses this spot's wind
The model puts wind on only 19% of days, even in its best month, which does not match the wind strength riders and schools report here. That is why the bars are hatched instead of coloured.
Modelled from the operational forecast archive at 1.5–7 km (2023-2024), daylight hours only, not a ground station: it resolves thermal, lake and valley winds far better than coarse reanalysis but still tends to understate a strong local thermal.
Every figure, month by monthWindy days · Force 4+ · 12 kn or more · Knots · Wind from · Peaks at · Air · Water · Readings
| Month | Windy days | Force 4+ | 12 kn or more | Knots | Wind from | Peaks at | Air | Water | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3% | 8% | 5% | 7.1 kt | N | 15:00 | 13.9 °C | 17.6 °C | 62 |
| Feb | 9% | 19% | 14% | 8.5 kt | NW | 15:00 | 14.7 °C | 17.3 °C | 57 |
| Mar | 19% | 26% | 19% | 9.8 kt | N | 15:00 | 15.3 °C | 17.8 °C | 62 |
| Apr | 12% | 32% | 17% | 9.8 kt | N | 15:00 | 17.5 °C | 19.1 °C | 60 |
| May | 5% | 23% | 8% | 9.8 kt | N | 15:00 | 19.4 °C | 20.5 °C | 62 |
| Jun | 2% | 20% | 12% | 9.9 kt | NNW | 15:00 | 22 °C | 23.1 °C | 60 |
| Jul | 0% | 10% | 2% | 9.3 kt | NNW | 15:00 | 23.8 °C | 24.4 °C | 62 |
| Aug | 0% | 5% | 2% | 8.9 kt | NW | 15:00 | 23.9 °C | 24.7 °C | 62 |
| Sep | 0% | 7% | 3% | 8.7 kt | NW | 15:00 | 22 °C | 23.9 °C | 60 |
| Oct | 10% | 16% | 11% | 8.6 kt | N | 15:00 | 21.3 °C | 22.6 °C | 62 |
| Nov | 2% | 12% | 3% | 7 kt | N | 15:00 | 17.9 °C | 20.3 °C | 60 |
| Dec | 3% | 8% | 6% | 7 kt | NNE | 15:00 | 15.3 °C | 18.5 °C | 62 |
How this is modelledmodelled · 2023-2024
A weather model covers this place, but its figures do not sit with the wind strength this record states, so no season is drawn from them. They are in the table above, and no riding season is on record either.
A windy day has at least three consecutive daylight hours at 12 knots or more. The typical daily max and the direction are columns of the table above, month by month.
High-resolution weather model (modelled) · Open-Meteo historical forecast archive — best-match operational model (ICON-D2 / AROME / ICON-EU / GFS by region), not a ground station · 2023-2024
The water
Type
waves
Standing depth
Foot-depth water is claimed at both high and low tide for the Bouznika/Oued Cherrat spot, unconfirmed for any specific area of the beach.
Tides
Tidal, and the tide changes the spot rather than the timing of the session. High water gives more depth and a more comfortable launch and landing zone, with chop over a covered bottom; low water is the technical one, the waves breaking closer in as the sand comes up.Range on this coast runs around 1.7 m on an ordinary day and close to 3 m on springs.
Temperature
21–23 °C summer · 16–18 °C winter
Modelled monthly average: 17–25 °C
Wetsuit
A long wetsuit is recommended in winter, shorty or shorts in summer, and shorty in spring/fall; other reports suggest 3/2 mm is common in winter with spring suit or boardshorts possible in summer.
Currents
Current builds with the tide and the swell on an exposed beach, and it is strongest around the tide change. No measured data exists.
Conditions
Your level
not for beginners here
The scene
What riders come here for
Launch and rules
three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you
With a school or a boat
No school names this spot
Nobody has been recorded teaching or running a boat here.
On your own
Room to launch: ok
Somewhere else
No neighbour on record
No other spot in the atlas sits within reach of this one.
Rescue
Launch
Sandy Atlantic beach, medium-sized, with houses close to the waterline. Launching is directly from the sand.
Rules & access
1 min read
Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.
Rider tips
- Look at the swell and the tide before you rig; the break moves with both.
- Give yourself extra margin in onshore wind, it pushes you back toward the beach.
- Ask locally about the summer swimming areas before you launch; no 2026 kite zoning is published.
- Watch the concrete near the beach when you land a kite on a medium-sized strip of sand.
- Plan Bouznika as one stop on the Rabat-Casablanca coast, not as a serviced kite base.
Getting there
Airport
Rabat-Salé Airport (RBA) or Casablanca Mohammed V Airport (CMN)
Route
Drive northeast from Mohammedia along the coast to Bouznika. Rabat-Sale is the nearest major airport, with Casablanca Mohammed V the other option.
Transfer
About 45-60 minutes by road from either Rabat-Sale or Casablanca Mohammed V, depending on traffic and which beach access you use. Rabat-Sale to Bouznika is about 50.5 km by road, and both Casablanca and Rabat airports are quoted at about 45 minutes' drive.
Cost level
medium
Staying
Stays cluster around Bouznika Bay: apartment rentals, modern resorts, a few upscale hotels. La Crique Surf House runs rooms and surf packages in Bouznika itself.
No-wind days
Surf at Bouznika and Oued Cherrat, surf lessons or yoga with the local camps, fishing trips through La Crique Surf House, golf and resort days around Bouznika Bay, or a run into Rabat or Casablanca.
Photos
FAQ
Is Bouznika suitable for beginners?
No, it suits intermediate and expert riders who can manage a beach start and read the shifting breaking zone.
What is the wind like?
Wind direction data is mixed between north-to-northwest and west-to-northwest; onshore wind can make the water choppy and agitated.
What should riders check before launching?
Check swell and tide, since the beach-break zone changes noticeably with both, and give extra margin when the wind is onshore.
Last updated: August 2026