WindsurfingUK Issue 7 June 2018 | Page 72

72 TRAVEL ADVERTORIAL Dakhla, Morocco Home to some of the world’s most reliable and exciting windsurfing spots, magnificent Morocco should top the list of places to visit on your next holiday. Morocco is a great year-round windsurfing holiday destination that offers an attractive combination of sunshine, waves, lagoons and super reliable wind. The small trading town of Dakhla in Southern Morocco, located on a thin peninsula of the Atlantic coast, is your gateway to the world’s most stunning and perfect windsurf lagoon. Although this is a true year around windsurf destination, the very best time is from March to November. For waves on the Atlantic side, Spring and Autumn are best. Dakhla has become a kitesurf mecca in recent years, with a number of kite camps springing up around the lagoon. However, there is still one camp with a big focus on windsurfing, and luckily it is one of our favourites – Ocean Vagabond. This small boutique style camp is just steps away from the lagoon with the windsurf centre right on site. This spot is the perfect place to learn to windsurf or hone your freestyle and blasting skills, thanks to the side shore winds and butter flat water. Depending on the tides, there is also a long shallow water area right in front of the centre. The lagoon is enormous so you can launch either directly in front of your uk WIND SURFING accommodation, or hitch a ride on the rescue boat to one of the many other spots around the lagoon. For more advanced windsurfers a visit to one of the wave spots offers 2-4 metre peeling waves with side to side-offshore wind. UK visitors to Morocco will be extremely happy with the unbelievable value for money when travelling through this country. The exchange rate makes it possible for tourists to get way more for their money than in other destinations. Dakhla is simply an amazing place to get away from it all, escape from the hustle and bustle of daily life and spend some real down time relaxing and windsurfing! So what are you waiting for? Contact Planet Windsurf Holidays now to start arranging your next windsurf holiday to one of these amazing destinations: www.planetwindsurfholidays.com or pop them an email on [email protected] or call on +44 (0) 1273 921 0001