Emergencies in Taghazout

Good to Know

• Save both 19 (police) and 177 (Gendarmerie Royale) — in a small village like Taghazout, the Gendarmerie is often the more immediately relevant force since it covers rural/coastal areas outside Agadir's city limits.
• 112 is the safest single number to remember: it works from any mobile phone in Morocco, even without a local SIM or credit, and routes you to the nearest emergency service.
• There is no major hospital in Taghazout itself — for anything serious, you'll be routed to Agadir, about 20 minutes away, which now has both the older Hassan II Hospital and a large new university hospital that opened in late 2025.
• When calling any emergency line, state clearly that you're a tourist/foreigner and give your location as specifically as possible (e.g. nearest landmark or surf spot) — dispatch operators are more used to precise street addresses than village landmarks.
• There is no hospital or ER inside Taghazout itself — for any serious injury (surfing accidents, road accidents, etc.) plan on a 20–35 minute trip into Agadir.
• National ambulance/medical emergency number is 150; general emergency/police is 19 (or 112 from a mobile). Operators generally speak Arabic and French, with limited English in tourist-facing lines.
• For genuinely life-threatening trauma, the private AKDITAL/Hôpital International d'Agadir is generally better equipped and faster than the public Hassan II hospital, but expect to pay upfront — travel/health insurance with medical evacuation coverage is strongly recommended for nomads based in Taghazout.
• Public emergency rooms in Agadir can be overwhelmed at night or during school holidays, which is worth factoring in when deciding between public and private options.