Long before Taghazout became Morocco’s surf capital, it was just a sleepy Berber fishing village that happened to catch the attention of Jimi Hendrix and members of The Rolling Stones, who came through in the 1960s looking to escape London’s pace. World of Waves sits right on that same stretch of Atlantic coastline today, a barefoot beach spot serving smoothies, Moroccan-style tapas, and seafood tagine to a crowd of surfers coming off Anchor Point and Killer Point down the beach. It’s simple, sandy-floored, and built around watching the swell roll in rather than any kind of scene, which is exactly the point. Order a mint tea or a ness ness, Morocco’s coffee-and-milk blend, and settle onto a colorful pouf facing the water. Taghazout has changed a lot since the Stones passed through. This corner of it hasn’t tried very hard to keep up.
