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Jack beach 80.9

#1031 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇲🇦 Morocco · Chaouia - Ouardigha · near Casablanca

Works almost every day, no off season.

Works all yearIntermediate
Surf score80.9 /100
Surfable days99% of the year
Clean days39% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell54% period 11 s+
Typical size1.5 m 5.0 ft median
Water19°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Jack beach

The best time to surf Jack beach is January, February, November. The season runs Oct to Apr. In January the water sits around 17°C, so pack a 3/2 wetsuit, and the typical wave is 1.8 m. The nearest airport is CAS (30 km) and the nearest town is Casablanca (36 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan99%75%1.8 m17°C3/2
Feb99%75%2.3 m17°C3/2
Mar98%58%2.0 m16°C3/2
Apr100%49%1.7 m18°C3/2
May100%13%1.4 m19°C2mm
Jun99%10%1.2 m21°C2mm
Jul100%3%1.1 m22°Cvest
Aug100%4%1.1 m23°Cvest
Sep100%32%1.1 m21°C2mm
Oct100%52%1.6 m21°C2mm
Nov99%71%2.1 m20°C2mm
Dec97%67%2.1 m18°C3/2

What is under Jack beach

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 37 m.

Depth 8 km out37 m
Depth 4 km out28 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 80.9

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
16.3
Best days 22.4%
14.8
Clean days 18.4%
18.1
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
2.8
Access 4.1%
3.7

The detail

Faces 340° with 47% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 73% of days. Mean peak period 11.3 s. Days over 3 m: 6%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 2.7 m, with a peak period of 14 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 30%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 33.476, -7.973 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,020/ month
typically €898 – €1,140
Rent, one bedroom€535
Groceries€215
Eating out€120
Getting around€70
Phone + internet€75
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€1,980/ month
typically €1,740 – €2,220
Somewhere to stay€1,170
Eating out€415
Car, transfers, fuel€270
Data + extras€125
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
48% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Morocco (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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