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NaneaKite - Kitesurf camp & Essaouira kitesurf school
Windsurf spot · Morocco
Is it worth the trip?
56Fair out of 100 for your dates
Best on Thu 5: 7 kn gusting 9, side-onshore, Water: waves 0.9 m
Tue 3 · 43 out of 100
- Wind
- SW 10 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 1.2 mwaves
- Air
- 22°C
Wed 4 · 66 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 9 kn
- Gusts
- 11kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 0.9 mwaves
- Air
- 21°C
Thu 5 · 74 out of 100
- Wind
- N 7 kn
- Gusts
- 9kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- 0.9 mwaves
- Air
- 20°C
Fri 6 · 60 out of 100
- Wind
- N 6 kn
- Gusts
- 8kn
- Shore
- side-on
- Water
- 0.9 mwaves
- Air
- 20°C
Sat 7 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSE 3 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Shore
- offnot safe
- Water
- chop
- Air
- 20°C
Sun 8 · 71 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 6 kn
- Gusts
- 7kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 1.0 mwaves
- Air
- 24°C
Mon 9 · 0 out of 100
- Wind
- SSW 18 kn
- Gusts
- 27kn
- Shore
- side
- Water
- 1.3 mwaves
- Air
- 25°C
Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast
Forecast: next 9 days
Full forecast- Mon 243, poor
- Tue 343, poor
- Wed 466, good
- Thu 574, good
- Fri 660, good
- Sat 70, poor
- Sun 885, good
- Mon 90, poor
- Tue 1010, poor
The spot in five facts
- Faces NWopen to the NW
- Best wind: NE or SWalong the shore
- Avoid: SEblows out to sea
- Open seato the swell
- Water 18 °C2 mm shorty
Full forecast
every day, every number
The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.
| Day | Score | Wind | Gusts | Shore | Water | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2Nov | 43, poor | wind from the north-north-west, 6 knots | 8kn | side-on | 1.5 mwaves | 20°C |
| Tue 3Nov | 43, poor | wind from the south-west, 10 knots | 11kn | side | 1.2 mwaves | 22°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 66, good | wind from the south-south-west, 9 knots | 11kn | side | 0.9 mwaves | 21°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 74, good | wind from the north, 7 knots | 9kn | side-on | 0.9 mwaves | 20°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 60, good | wind from the north, 6 knots | 8kn | side-on | 0.9 mwaves | 20°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-east, 3 knots | 7kn | offnot safe | chop | 20°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 85, good | wind from the south-south-west, 6 knots | 7kn | side | 1.0 mwaves | 24°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 0, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 18 knots | 27kn | side | 1.3 mwaves | 25°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 10, poor | wind from the south-south-west, 14 knots | 25kn | side | 1.7 mwaves | 21°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 01:01 −0.7 mHigh 07:33 +0.9 mLow 14:08 −0.9 mHigh 20:31 +0.7 m
- Tue 3 NovLow 02:30 −0.7 mHigh 08:54 +1.0 mLow 15:29 −0.9 mHigh 21:45 +0.8 m
- Wed 4 NovLow 03:47 −0.8 mHigh 10:03 +1.1 mLow 16:32 −1.1 mHigh 22:44 +0.9 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
No month stands out
Good windsurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).
- Jan2of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
- Feb3of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
- Mar4of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
- Apr4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
- May4of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
- Jun3of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
- Jul2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
- Aug3of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
- Sep4of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
- Oct4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
- Nov3of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
- Dec2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec
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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 NaneaKite - Kitesurf camp & Essaouira kitesurf school
Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NW, so wind from the SE blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).
Water about 18°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NW. Wind from the NW blows onshore, wind from the SE blows out to sea, and wind from the NE or SW runs along the shore. It is exposed to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 250 m out (1 in 27). The sea is about 17°C in January, its coldest month (3/2 wetsuit), and 20°C in September, its warmest (2 mm shorty). The town to stay in is Essaouira. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 1 wind sports spot.
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$784–US$1,530 each
about US$784–US$1,530 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, 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 ESU, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$476–US$985 |
| Taxi | airport and back, shared | about US$33–US$60 |
| 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$784–US$1,530 |
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: Essaouira
1 min by car · 178 places to stay
about US$47/nightcountry average
About Essaouira 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 18h 35m
About 18h 35m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → ESU, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), then 35 min by road
Flights ORD → ESU on your dates · Skyscanner
An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.