Safi
Fickle, heavy 500m Moroccan barrel beside a factory
Safi's Garden (Le Jardin) is one of the most fickle yet rewarding waves in Morocco — a heavy, barreling right-hand point break that only comes alive on large west-northwest groundswells, perhaps just a handful of times per year. When it turns on, the wave peels for up to 500 metres along a sand-and-rock bottom north of the massive phosphate port, producing enormous hollow cylinders that can hold 12ft+. Offshore in north to northeast winds. The takeoff is critical and the inside sections are extremely shallow and powerful. Access is straightforward from the coastal road but the wave itself is strictly for expert chargers comfortable in heavy, consequential surf. Best in winter (November-February) when Atlantic storms deliver the required swell. The industrial setting is surreal — world-class barrels breaking beside a factory — but the wave quality is undeniable.
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