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Surf spot guide · South Morocco, Morocco
Quiet sand-bottom beachbreak below dramatic red cliffs and rock arches, with short hollow peaks on east-wind days.
Legzira is a sand-bottom beachbreak along a remote stretch of red-cliff coastline roughly 8km north of Sidi Ifni in south Morocco. Peaks pop up along the shore and break in the 0-50m range, with a bowly, well-covered shape that turns hollow and fast when the swell lines up. It handles a wide size band from waist-high through head-and-a-half and works on all stages of the tide, but the takeoff is short and steep enough that wave reading matters more than fitness. The beach is famous beyond surfing for the natural sandstone arches carved into the cliffs, one of which collapsed in 2016; the surviving arch and the broken stack are why most visitors come. Swell needs to come from the SW through N arc and easterly offshores groom the faces, while any northerly breeze kills it. Access is straight down to the sand from the cliff-top road and its small clutch of guesthouses. Crowds are rare and the next named breaks at Mirleft and Sidi Ifni are 10 to 18km away.
You will usually have the place to yourself or share it with a handful of travellers, since the coast is remote and the next surf town is 8km south at Sidi Ifni.
Red cliffs, solo peaks
Best on easterly offshore winds
any northerly breeze turns it onshore and ruins the shape
Works through all tide stages but the steeper takeoffs sit at lower water
Stay at one of the cliff-top guesthouses above the beach and wait out marginal days
Wave length is short at 0-50m so position over the better sandbars rather than sitting wide
HAZARDS · KNOW BEFORE YOU PADDLE
The beach sits below a cliff-top road lined with a small number of guesthouses, one of which is set right on the clifftop with a view over the line-up. Paddle-out is straight off the sand. No formal car park, lifeguard or amenities at the beach itself.
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