Algeria - Winter Rainbow over a Mediterranean Dream

The Mediterranean Sea is often overlooked as a surfing area, but depending on the season and the location, the Med can produce some very good waves. While the Mediterranean can never compete straight up with the Pacific, Atlantic or Indian Oceans for size and quality of waves, it does have good surf in some locations. One of those obscure surfing locations is the north facing coastline of Algeria.

We planned carefully for this trip as at the time, it was not easy for foreigners to obtain a visa to enter Algeria for any reason. The rules stated photographing anything at all without a specific government permit was illegal. 

As both Emiliano and Erwan had surfed winter waves in neighboring Tunisia, we decided to try to enter Algeria through the border crossing with Tunisia, as it would be much less busy than flying into the international airport in Algiers.