Experience Authentic Surfing

A small-scale mobile surf school dedicated to what truly matters… Surfing.

Waves and Glide offers magical surfboard rentals, surf lessons, coaching packages, and tailored surf trips across the many surf spots of Sidi Kaouki bay and its surroundings. Our mission is rooted in deep immersion in the world of waves and natural elements, top-quality personalized coaching, a passion for board shaping and surfboard design, and a strong commitment to the values and ethics of surfing and nature.

Waves and Glide is not your typical “mainstream” surf school in Essaouira or Sidi Kaouki. In fact, we are not a conventional surf school at all. We don’t operate out of a fixed surf shack, we don’t have a manager running a team of instructors cycling through large beginner groups on crowded surf spots. We used to, but chose a different path—an ethical and passionate decision to remain the only mobile, human-scale surf school solely dedicated to surfing technique, wave dynamics and ecosystems, and the unique craft of surfboards.

We teach surfing in the Essaouira / Sidi Kaouki region in an alternative, mobile, and artisanal way, offering small-group sessions by level or private coaching. We welcome surfers of all levels looking for guidance in the waves from a trained, experienced, and passionate surf coach, in quiet, uncrowded spots surrounded by preserved natural landscapes. In short, we’re here for those whose desire for surf coaching is fueled by a deeper wish:

  • to better read the ocean and water conditions
  • to feel more comfortable and confident in the water
  • to learn or refine balance and glide while standing
  • to understand and control the board better on waves

A Genuine Approach to Surfing

Learn to read the ocean, master the glide, and surf in peaceful, preserved settings.

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Beyond Surfing

A full immersion into the ocean, nature, and human connection

Thanks to the founder’s 20 years of surf instruction, Waves and Glide is one of the rare schools in the area able to help you achieve meaningful progress within a week or ten days. We guide complete beginners to a near-autonomous intermediate level, patiently and passionately. We also specialize in helping those at the beginner/intermediate stage become truly autonomous—and we’re the only ones in the region to offer high-performance coaching for advanced free surfers, competitors, and surf instructors.

But beyond wave riding and surf progress, we also love sharing our respect and wonder for the ocean, coastal phenomena, local ecosystems, regional culture and communities, and the deeper connection between humans and nature.

AZHAR JOUNDI

20 Years of Surf Coaching Experience

Waves and Glide was founded by Azhar Joundi, a 48 year old surfer with two decades of experience in teaching surf. He’s also a musician, writer, and amateur photographer with a deep passion for ancestral practices, coastal ecosystems, wave dynamics, and board design.

This alternative surf school was born from a love story, a meeting point between a passion for waves, nature, surfboards, and human connection, and the magical bay of Sidi Kaouki, its surf spots, landscapes, communities, and the wild coast stretching toward Essaouira and Imsouane.