Anchor Point.

Anchor Point is a long right-hand point wrapping around the headland at the north end of Taghazout. A steep, critical take-off on the outside boulders feeds a succession of bowly walls and cutback sections over an uneven reef and sand bottom, running 200 to 500 metres on the right day. Sandy inside sections occasionally throw cover-ups when the banks line up. First surfed by Australians in the 1960s, it is the headline wave of the Moroccan point chain and still draws international surfers every winter. Entry is by paddle from one of the coves and a walk back to jump off the tip between sets, or a ride back toward Taghazout when the swell is huge. It needs a medium to large long-period NW groundswell and a north-easterly offshore, and works on every tide except a full high. Crowds are heavy whenever it breaks, thinning as size and current build and the rides spread surfers along the point. La Source, Mysteries and Killer Point sit within a kilometre and absorb the overflow.