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Temara-Guivil 82.0

#861 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇲🇦 Morocco · Rabat - Salé - Zemmour - Zaer · near Rabat

Works almost every day, no off season.

Works all yearIntermediate
Temara-Guivil, Morocco
Photo: Bertrand SOUBEYRAND · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Surf score82.0 /100
Surfable days99% of the year
Clean days45% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell52% period 11 s+
Typical size1.4 m 4.5 ft median
Water20°C a 2 mm shorty

Best time to surf Temara-Guivil

The best time to surf Temara-Guivil is February, March, November. The season runs Sep to Apr. In November the water sits around 20°C, so pack a 2 mm shorty, and the typical wave is 1.9 m. The nearest airport is NNA (51 km) and the nearest town is Rabat (13 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan99%65%1.6 m17°C3/2
Feb99%71%2.0 m17°C3/2
Mar98%70%1.8 m17°C3/2
Apr99%52%1.6 m18°C3/2
May100%28%1.2 m20°C2mm
Jun99%13%1.1 m22°C2mm
Jul97%8%0.9 m23°Cvest
Aug97%5%0.9 m24°Cvest
Sep99%40%1.0 m22°C2mm
Oct99%46%1.3 m22°C2mm
Nov98%73%1.9 m20°C2mm
Dec98%65%1.9 m18°C3/2

What is under Temara-Guivil

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor sits over 26 m.

Depth 8 km out26 m
Depth 4 km out17 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 82.0

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%
17.5
Best days 22.4%
13.9
Clean days 18.4%
18.4
Consistency 10.2%
10.2
Season spread 4.1%
4.1
Water comfort 6.1%
3.0
Access 4.1%
3.9

The detail

Faces 315° with 44% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 88% of days. Mean peak period 11.1 s. Days over 3 m: 4%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 2.5 m, with a peak period of 14 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 40%. Months that work: 12 of 12. Coordinates 33.941, -6.940 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€1,100/ month
typically €969 – €1,230
Rent, one bedroom€578
Groceries€232
Eating out€130
Getting around€76
Phone + internet€81
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€2,140/ month
typically €1,880 – €2,400
Somewhere to stay€1,260
Eating out€448
Car, transfers, fuel€292
Data + extras€135
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
48% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Airport and town on the doorstep, so the local estimate is 8% above the country average. 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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