Tarfaya
Kitesurf spot · Morocco
Is it worth the trip?
0Poor out of 100 for your dates
Every day scores the same
Tue 3 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- ESE 7 kn
- Gusts
- 12kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 27°C
Wed 4 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- S 2 kn
- Gusts
- 6kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 24°C
Thu 5 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- E 5 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 27°C
Fri 6 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 3 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 25°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SE 4 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 28°C
Sun 8 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- S 8 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 32°C
Mon 9 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SW 7 kn
- Gusts
- 13kn
- Shore
- cross-off
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 27°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 9 days
Full forecast- Mon 20, poor
- Tue 30, poor
- Wed 40, poor
- Thu 50, poor
- Fri 60, poor
- Sat 70, poor
- Sun 80, poor
- Mon 90, poor
- Tue 100, poor
The spot in six facts
- Faces Nopen to the N
- Best wind: E or Walong the shore
- Avoid: Sblows out to sea
- Open seato the swell
- Water 20 °C2 mm shorty
- Best in Jul6 good days in 7
Full forecast
every day, every number
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 8 knots | 13kn | cross-off | chop | 26°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east-south-east, 7 knots | 12kn | offnot safe | chop | 27°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south, 2 knots | 6kn | offnot safe | chop | 24°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 0, poor | wind from the east, 5 knots | 9kn | cross-off | chop | 27°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots | 7kn | offnot safe | chop | 25°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-east, 4 knots | 8kn | offnot safe | chop | 28°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south, 8 knots | 13kn | offnot safe | chop | 32°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-west, 7 knots | 13kn | cross-off | chop | 27°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 0, poor | wind from the north, 6 knots | 13kn | on | chop | 24°C |
Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More
Tide
- Mon 2 NovLow 00:24 −0.6 mHigh 06:58 +0.8 mLow 13:33 −0.8 mHigh 19:58 +0.6 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 01:55 −0.6 mHigh 08:21 +0.8 mLow 14:55 −0.8 mHigh 21:13 +0.7 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 03:14 −0.7 mHigh 09:30 +1.0 mLow 15:59 −0.9 mHigh 22:12 +0.8 m
Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.
Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Best time to go
best in Jul
Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr3of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May4of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun5of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul6of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug5of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep4of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov2of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
- Dec1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.
Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.
Map
the spot and its town
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Tarfaya
Known for kitesurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces N, so wind from the S blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).
Water about 20°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
A spot for kitesurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing N. Wind from the N blows onshore, wind from the S blows out to sea, and wind from the E or W runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 500 m out (1 in 52). The sea is about 18°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 21°C in August, its warmest (2 mm shorty). For kitesurfing at beginner level the best month is usually July, with about 6 good days in 7; in December, about 1. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Tarfaya.
The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).
Rough cost (estimate): about US$797–US$1,550 each
about US$797–US$1,550 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.
Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.
How we worked it out
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to FUE, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$462–US$965 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$60–US$107 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$127–US$214 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$147–US$268 |
| Total | about US$797–US$1,550 |
Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.
Where to stay: Tarfaya
about 5 min by car · 6 places to stay
about US$47/nightcountry average
About Tarfaya its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$47 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.
Getting there: about 20h 30m
About 20h 30m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → FUE, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), then 2h 10m by road
Flights ORD → FUE on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.