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Entry of Bouznika Bay
There are many kinds of amazing fish you can see in Bouznika Bay. Here is a list of fish and what they eat and where you can find them under water. Please do not harm the young fish, wait until they grow and become adults before you start to hunt them.
-Sar = Found near rocks; feed on other dead fish and plant life; they are silver and gray.
-Gilt-head = Found near rocks; feed on dead fish and plant life; very fast ; are gray and sometimes have yellow markings.
-Gray Mullet = Found near top of the water; feed on plant life; skinny, long and dark gray.
-Chevrette = Found near the rocks; feed on plant life; long gray body.
-Parrot Fish =Found in deeper water; feed on coral; gray and has a mouth like a parrot.
-Scorpian Fish = Found on top of the rocks; they eat the plants that grows on the rocks
The following Shellfish can be found when you scuba dive in Bouznika.
Some shelfish on the rocks
- Barnacle
-Muscles
-Sea Urchins
-Hermit Crabs
-Crabs
The rocks are generally sharp and dangerous, but you can find rocks to sit and rest on.
Reefs in Bouznika Bay's Beach
- Rocks are sharp, dangerous
- Be careful not to be cut
- When entering watr be careful not to step on the rocks
The current in Bouznika is very powerful you should always go scuba diving when the current is low. The tide is normally high but it can sometimes be low.
Waves In Bouznika Bay's Beach
- Most of the time the tide is high
- Very powerful
- Most of the time waves push you to the south.
- If have winds be careful to enter because current will be even more powerful
-Go al dways when the current is low
- The temperature of the water in Bouznika Bay is always cold but clear.
Water of Beach in Bouznika Bay
- Temperature is very cold.
- Wear thick wetsuit, which will keep you warm.
- You will need good quality goggles and swim suit to be able to scuba dive in Bouznika.
-It is necessary that you wear a wetsuit, ; 3 mm is sufficcent.
-Aswak Salam in Mohamedia have good wetsuits for scuba diving.
- You can also wear a surfing wetsuit in late summer or early fall when the water is warmer.
You can not refill your air tanks in Bouznika or Bouznika Bay. But there are some special scuba diving shops in Casablanca which will allow you to refill your air tanks.
- Take the auto route; drive about 30 minutes away from Rabat toward Casablanca
- Look at the maps while driving until you see a map which says Bouznika
- Take a right
- Pay the man 10 dirhams to enter
- Take a right to go to Bouznika Bay
- Keep on going straight
- Take a right when there is a sign, which says Bouznika
- Take another right when you see the sign BB that stands for Bouznika Bay
-Enter the gate and keep on going straight.
-Take a left
-Go through another gate, which takes you outside Bouznika Bay
-Take a right when you see the sign “Passage Pieton” and it shows an arrow of going up
- Go through the narrow "street" until you get to the beach
- Now you are on the beach
- Take a right and walk down until you see the rocks
- When you see the rocks then go straight to them
- Dive in
Map of the Beach in Bouznika Bay
(Right Click Save to Desktop)
Map to get to Bouznika and then to Bouznika then to the Scuba Location
-The bottom is the road you should take to get to Bouznika.
-On the top left is after you get to Bouznika, how to get to Bouznika Bay and other things around Bouznika Bay.
-On the top right map is how to get to Bouznika Bay to the place that you can go scuba diving.
Map to Bouznika Bay from Rabat
For more abut Bouznika Bay: Click on the Picture
This picture was taken from(Click on Picture to see Website): http://www.ras.ma/transitions/beaches_in_rabat/index.html
