Anti-Atlas Foothills

The Anti-Atlas mountains that rise immediately behind the Taghazout coast — a dry, dramatic range of purple and ochre rock that creates the microclimate making this stretch of coast warm enough to surf year-round. The argan forest on the lower slopes is the same forest that surrounds Essaouira further north. Day trips into the Anti-Atlas from the coast take you from surf camp to Berber village in forty minutes.