Surf spot guide · North Morocco, Morocco
Fast hollow right peeling off a Bou Regreg groyne, a rare Rabat barrel when bigger NW swells hit low tide.
Doura is one of around eight breaks shaped by the angled groynes at the Bou Regreg rivermouth between Rabat and Salé. It is a fast, hollow right that runs along the sand off a jetty, capable of stringing together 200 to 500 metre rides when a solid W through N groundswell lines up with a low tide and a south-easterly offshore. Old-timers compare its form to a Moroccan Kirra, and although successive harbour development works have changed the bank, the wave can still throw genuine barrel sections in bigger surf. Consistency is the catch: it needs size and the right tide window, so it sits quiet most of the year. The water carries heavy pollution from the estuary, commercial port and residential runoff. The lineup gets busy fast with surfers from the Oudayas Surf Club across the Hassan II bridge. Brema, La Pointe and the Salé shorebreak nearby are noticeably weaker options when Doura is not working.
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Often busy when it breaks because the rare quality windows draw the whole Rabat-Salé crew at once, including the Oudayas Surf Club across the bridge. Off-peak swells thin the lineup quickly.
Urban rivermouth groyne barrel
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Mellow right-hand reef wave at La Falaise, suited to beginners on small, clean days.
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Open beachbreak north of Rabat that finds peaky little summer banks but shuts down once the swell gets serious.
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Sand-bottom jetty right near the Sebou River mouth, best with Northwest swell and Southeast offshore winds.
+7 MORE →Wait for a solid NW groundswell above head high, smaller days do not hold shape on this bank
Surf on a dropping or low tide only, higher water turns the wave fat and unreadable
Avoid the water for a day or two after heavy rain, the Bou Regreg flushes estuary and city runoff straight through the peak
Park and check from the Salé side near the groynes rather than committing from the Rabat bank
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Urban access from the Salé side of the Bou Regreg rivermouth, with roadside parking near the groynes. The Oudayas Surf Club sits across the Hassan II bridge on the Rabat bank for an alternative check angle.
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