Best Kitespots in Morocco

53 spots · Africa

Best for kiting from March to September, with 51 to 68 % kite days. Water 18 to 21 °C.

Median of 44 spots with model data, one per grid cell.

Kite spots: 53 spots
Median kite days: 53 % of days; median spot, over the year
Water: 20 °C; median, 2023 to 2025
Best spot: Dakhla, Duna Blanca; 82 % kite days per year

Kitesurfing in Morocco

Morocco has 53 kite spots in our data. The median spot reaches 53 % kite days over the year; Dakhla, Duna Blanca leads with 82 %. The spots spread over 8 regions.

Best season at the median spot: March to September (50 % kite days or more). Water 17 to 21 °C over the year.

Kite destinations in Morocco

Kitesurfing in Agadir
Windiest month: April, 47 % kite days
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Kite days by month in Agadir: Jan 17 %, Feb 28 %, Mar 37 %, Apr 47 %, May 36 %, Jun 38 %, Jul 8 %, Aug 7 %, Sep 18 %, Oct 18 %, Nov 10 %, Dec 17 %
Kitesurfing in Dakhla
Windiest month: July, 94 % kite days
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4. A
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Kite days by month in Dakhla: Jan 72 %, Feb 75 %, Mar 76 %, Apr 77 %, May 87 %, Jun 92 %, Jul 94 %, Aug 88 %, Sep 94 %, Oct 76 %, Nov 63 %, Dec 62 %
Kitesurfing in Essaouira
Windiest month: July, 91 % kite days
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3. M
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5. M
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8. A
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Kite days by month in Essaouira: Jan 49 %, Feb 54 %, Mar 67 %, Apr 69 %, May 70 %, Jun 74 %, Jul 91 %, Aug 87 %, Sep 69 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 42 %

All kite destinations, month by month

Best time to visit Morocco

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched
Ringed: this month

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Best season: March to September
Warm and windy: June to September

Kite days at the median spot range from 36 % in October to 68 % in July.

Water 17 °C in February to 21 °C in August. Air 18 °C in January to 22 °C in August, day maximum.

Kitesurfing in Morocco: quick answers

When is the best time to kitesurf in Morocco?

The best months are March to September: the median spot in Morocco had 51 to 68 % kite days in those months from 2017 to 2025.

Which is the best kite spot in Morocco?

Dakhla, Duna Blanca has the most kite days in Morocco: 82 % of days averaged over the year, 2017 to 2025.

How warm is the water in Morocco?

The water ranges from 17 °C in February to 21 °C in August at the median spot. Wetsuit: 4/3 in February, spring suit in August.

Destinations by month

Kite days per month, % of days, 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for destinations in Morocco
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Agadir	17	28	37	47	36	38	8	7	18	18	10	17
Dakhla	72	75	76	77	87	92	94	88	94	76	63	62
Essaouira	49	54	67	69	70	74	91	87	69	50	58	42

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Regions by month

Median kite days of the spots in each region.

Kite days per month, % of days, 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for regions in Morocco
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Casablanca-Settat	26	26	42	39	38	34	22	19	15	16	22	23
Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab	73	77	76	77	87	91	94	87	94	78	64	62
Guelmim-Oued Noun	33	36	38	43	30	33	18	13	10	16	20	26
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra	60	70	71	67	73	80	95	89	77	55	55	48
Marrakech-Safi	44	48	61	66	69	73	90	85	66	45	50	37
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra	16	16	30	24	25	15	4	5	7	14	14	17
Souss-Massa	17	28	37	47	45	59	28	25	26	18	14	17
Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima	55	59	63	61	57	52	50	55	51	62	48	55

Prime 60 % and more
Good 40 to 59 %
Possible 20 to 39 %
Off under 20 %
No data hatched

Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.

Water temperature by region and month

Water temperature by month for regions in Morocco
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Casablanca-Settat	18 °C	17 °C	18 °C	19 °C	20 °C	22 °C	23 °C	23 °C	22 °C	22 °C	20 °C	18 °C
Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab	18 °C	18 °C	18 °C	20 °C	20 °C	21 °C	21 °C	22 °C	22 °C	21 °C	21 °C	19 °C
Guelmim-Oued Noun	18 °C	17 °C	18 °C	19 °C	19 °C	20 °C	20 °C	21 °C	21 °C	21 °C	20 °C	18 °C
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra	18 °C	18 °C	18 °C	19 °C	20 °C	21 °C	20 °C	20 °C	20 °C	21 °C	21 °C	19 °C
Marrakech-Safi	17 °C	17 °C	17 °C	18 °C	18 °C	19 °C	19 °C	19 °C	19 °C	20 °C	19 °C	18 °C
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra	18 °C	17 °C	17 °C	19 °C	20 °C	23 °C	24 °C	24 °C	23 °C	22 °C	20 °C	18 °C
Souss-Massa	18 °C	17 °C	18 °C	19 °C	19 °C	20 °C	21 °C	22 °C	21 °C	21 °C	20 °C	18 °C
Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima	17 °C	17 °C	17 °C	17 °C	18 °C	21 °C	22 °C	22 °C	22 °C	21 °C	20 °C	18 °C

Median water temperature of the spots in each region, 2023 to 2025, from the Open-Meteo marine archive.

Top spots outside our destinations

Good spots that no kiteCOMPASS destination covers yet, ranked by kite days per year.

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Dakhla, La Sarga
Morocco
81 %
2
Dakhla, Foum Lambouir
Morocco
80 %
3
Oum Laboiur
Morocco
80 %
4
Laâyoune
Morocco
76 %
5
Caramello Beach
Morocco
75 %
6
Oued Aliane
Morocco
66 %
7
Tarfaya
Morocco
66 %
8
Moulay
Morocco
64 %
9
Iftane
Morocco
63 %
10
L'Oued
Morocco
62 %

Good for learning

Kite schools teach here, checked against kite guides. Only spots we checked appear.

Kite days per year, % of days

Dakhla Camps
Morocco
80 %
Essaouira
Morocco
65 %

By region

Marrakech-Safi

13 spots · 62 % kite days per year

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Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab

8 spots · 80 % kite days per year

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Casablanca-Settat

7 spots · 27 % kite days per year

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Souss-Massa

7 spots · 29 % kite days per year

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Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra

5 spots · 71 % kite days per year

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Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima

5 spots · 56 % kite days per year

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Guelmim-Oued Noun

4 spots · 26 % kite days per year

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Rabat-Salé-Kénitra

4 spots · 17 % kite days per year

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All spots in Morocco

Dakhla, Duna Blanca leads with 82 % kite days per year, followed by Dakhla, La Sarga (81 %) and Dakhla, Foum Lambouir (80 %).

Kite days per year, % of days

1
Dakhla, Duna Blanca
Morocco
82 %
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3. M
4. A
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Kite days by month at Dakhla, Duna Blanca: Jan 72 %, Feb 79 %, Mar 79 %, Apr 82 %, May 92 %, Jun 94 %, Jul 95 %, Aug 88 %, Sep 94 %, Oct 79 %, Nov 66 %, Dec 60 %
2
Dakhla, La Sarga
Morocco
81 %
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3. M
4. A
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12. D
Kite days by month at Dakhla, La Sarga: Jan 76 %, Feb 80 %, Mar 79 %, Apr 78 %, May 88 %, Jun 92 %, Jul 93 %, Aug 85 %, Sep 93 %, Oct 78 %, Nov 64 %, Dec 65 %
3
Dakhla, Foum Lambouir
Morocco
80 %
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3. M
4. A
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12. D
Kite days by month at Dakhla, Foum Lambouir: Jan 75 %, Feb 77 %, Mar 76 %, Apr 77 %, May 87 %, Jun 90 %, Jul 94 %, Aug 87 %, Sep 94 %, Oct 78 %, Nov 65 %, Dec 63 %
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Dakhla, PK25
Morocco
80 %
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4. A
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12. D
Kite days by month at Dakhla, PK25: Jan 72 %, Feb 75 %, Mar 76 %, Apr 77 %, May 87 %, Jun 92 %, Jul 94 %, Aug 88 %, Sep 94 %, Oct 76 %, Nov 63 %, Dec 62 %
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Dakhla, Speed Spot
Morocco
80 %
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12. D
Kite days by month at Dakhla, Speed Spot: Jan 72 %, Feb 75 %, Mar 76 %, Apr 77 %, May 87 %, Jun 92 %, Jul 94 %, Aug 88 %, Sep 94 %, Oct 76 %, Nov 63 %, Dec 62 %
6
Dakhla Camps
Morocco
80 %
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12. D
Kite days by month at Dakhla Camps: Jan 72 %, Feb 77 %, Mar 77 %, Apr 76 %, May 87 %, Jun 92 %, Jul 95 %, Aug 88 %, Sep 94 %, Oct 75 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 62 %
7
Oum Laboiur
Morocco
80 %
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2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
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7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Oum Laboiur: Jan 74 %, Feb 77 %, Mar 75 %, Apr 77 %, May 86 %, Jun 90 %, Jul 93 %, Aug 85 %, Sep 94 %, Oct 78 %, Nov 64 %, Dec 63 %
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Dakhla, Pointe d'Or
Morocco
77 %
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12. D
Kite days by month at Dakhla, Pointe d'Or: Jan 71 %, Feb 74 %, Mar 74 %, Apr 73 %, May 83 %, Jun 88 %, Jul 93 %, Aug 86 %, Sep 94 %, Oct 73 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 61 %
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Laâyoune
Morocco
76 %
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3. M
4. A
5. M
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8. A
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10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Laâyoune: Jan 64 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 75 %, Apr 73 %, May 80 %, Jun 84 %, Jul 97 %, Aug 93 %, Sep 89 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 50 %
10
Laayoune Plage
Morocco
76 %
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2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
6. J
7. J
8. A
9. S
10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Laayoune Plage: Jan 64 %, Feb 76 %, Mar 75 %, Apr 73 %, May 80 %, Jun 84 %, Jul 97 %, Aug 93 %, Sep 89 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 50 %
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Caramello Beach
Morocco
75 %
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2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
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10. O
11. N
12. D
Kite days by month at Caramello Beach: Jan 66 %, Feb 74 %, Mar 71 %, Apr 67 %, May 75 %, Jun 83 %, Jul 97 %, Aug 93 %, Sep 88 %, Oct 67 %, Nov 64 %, Dec 57 %
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Oued Aliane
Morocco
66 %
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3. M
4. A
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12. D
Kite days by month at Oued Aliane: Jan 63 %, Feb 73 %, Mar 70 %, Apr 70 %, May 67 %, Jun 72 %, Jul 63 %, Aug 67 %, Sep 60 %, Oct 70 %, Nov 59 %, Dec 61 %
13
Tarfaya
Morocco
66 %
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2. F
3. M
4. A
5. M
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8. A
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12. D
Kite days by month at Tarfaya: Jan 57 %, Feb 65 %, Mar 72 %, Apr 67 %, May 71 %, Jun 77 %, Jul 93 %, Aug 85 %, Sep 66 %, Oct 43 %, Nov 47 %, Dec 47 %
14
Essaouira
Morocco
65 %
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3. M
4. A
5. M
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12. D
Kite days by month at Essaouira: Jan 49 %, Feb 54 %, Mar 67 %, Apr 69 %, May 70 %, Jun 74 %, Jul 91 %, Aug 87 %, Sep 69 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 42 %
15
Essaouira Bay
Morocco
65 %
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3. M
4. A
5. M
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Kite days by month at Essaouira Bay: Jan 49 %, Feb 54 %, Mar 67 %, Apr 69 %, May 70 %, Jun 74 %, Jul 91 %, Aug 87 %, Sep 69 %, Oct 50 %, Nov 58 %, Dec 42 %

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16 Moulay 64 %
17 Moulay Bouzerktoun 64 %
18 Iftane 63 %
19 Taguinza 63 %
20 L'Oued 62 %
21 Secret Bay 62 %
22 Sidi Kaouki 62 %
23 Tafadna 60 %
24 Achakar 59 %
25 Bibah 58 %
26 Metragaz 56 %
27 Sidi Abdellah 55 %
28 Imessouane 54 %
29 Oualidia Atlantic 53 %
30 Cap Rhir 52 %
31 Tamri 49 %
32 Tangier 48 %
33 Naila 47 %
34 Oued Chbika 45 %
35 Oualidia Lagoon 44 %
36 El Jadida 41 %
37 Plage Blanche 36 %
38 Plage D'Asilah 32 %
39 Jack Beach 29 %
40 Taghazout 29 %
41 Azemmour Plage 24 %
42 Agadir Bay 23 %
43 Dar Bouazza & Jack Beach 21 %
44 Sidi R Bat 21 %
45 Sidi Ifni 17 %
46 Rabat 17 %
47 Moulay Bousselham 17 %
48 Plage de Mehdiya 15 %
49 Plage des Nations 15 %
50 Bouznika 15 %
51 Oued Charrat 15 %
52 Mirleft 15 %
53 Aglou Plage 13 %

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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025

Kite days by month for Morocco: median of 44 spots with model wind data (one per grid cell), 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025.

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