Tangier, Tetouan, Al Hoceima and Saïdia
Somewhere under the parasol at M'diq, an earring came out
A stud or a small hoop is tiny, so the search starts from wherever your towels were spread.
Finding an earring at M'diq comes down to how small an area your group can point to. The parasol, the bags and the children's digging all help to shrink it.
Ring Seekers is a lost ring and jewellery recovery service that connects people who lost a ring, wedding band, watch, keys or phone in Tangier, Asilah, Tetouan, Tamuda Bay, Al Hoceima or Saïdia with a metal detectorist who can search there.
Tell us what happened and where. We find a detectorist who can reach the beach, brief them with your map and photos, and tell you honestly if the odds are poor.
Besides M'diq, the page takes in Asilah on the Atlantic, Tangier's city beach, its port and its medina, Tetouan's medina and the beach at Martil, Cabo Negro and Fnideq on Tamuda Bay, Quemado, Cala Bonita and Sfiha at Al Hoceima, and the beach at Saïdia.
Leave the parasol standing for now
Keep the parasol and the bags exactly where they are, stand in the middle of your patch and save a pin. After that, go round the group and ask who swam, who dug and who walked up to the seafront and back. Last, film a slow turn on the spot with your phone, taking in the sea, the parasols either side of yours and whatever stands on the seafront behind you.
No two towns here share the same kind of beach. Tangier's city beach sits in the city centre, Asilah faces the Atlantic swell, Tamuda Bay is a resort coast of sandy beaches, rocks border the beaches at Al Hoceima, and Saïdia's beach has quiet, warm water. In your first message, name the town before the beach.
Places we cover in Tangier, Tetouan, Al Hoceima and Saïdia
- Tangier
- The city beach and corniche, Tangier
- Malabata, Tangier
- The port and ferry terminals, Tangier
- The medina, Tangier
- Asilah
- The town beach, Asilah
- Tetouan
- The medina, Tetouan
- Martil
- Tamuda Bay
- M'diq
- M'diq beach
- Cabo Negro
- Fnideq
- Rifienne beach, Fnideq
- Al Hoceima
- Quemado beach, Al Hoceima
- Cala Bonita, Al Hoceima
- The port, Al Hoceima
- Sfiha beach
- Saïdia
- Saïdia beach
- The corniche, Saïdia
Beaches, a port and two medinas on the northern coast
Most of the ground here is town beach. In Tangier and Tetouan, the lanes of the medina are on the list as well.
Tangier's city beach, Malabata and the port
Tangier's main beach, known locally as L'playa, lies right in the city centre, with a corniche behind the sand and cafés and restaurants along it. Its water is calm, and sailing and water skiing both start from the sand. In the evening the seafront stays lively. Malabata is another of the city's beaches. The port is in the heart of Tangier too, and its ferry and cruise terminals are entered from Place Bab Al Marsa.
Asilah's town beach
Asilah is on the Atlantic coast, south of Tangier. Its town beach begins where you leave the medina heading north, and it has fine white sand. The beaches here are usually hit by the Atlantic swell.
Tetouan's medina, and the beach at Martil
In Tetouan, a search follows the lanes and squares of the medina that you walked. Tetouan's seaside is the coast from Martil to Oued Laou, where the water is warm and blue and people swim or take a slow walk along the shore.
M'diq, Cabo Negro and Fnideq on Tamuda Bay
Tamuda Bay, near Tetouan, is a resort coast of golden sandy beaches with waves breaking on them and restaurants along the sand. At M'diq the beach lies in front of the town. Cabo Negro, a few minutes from Martil and M'diq, has fine sand and a sea people dive in and ride jet skis on. Fnideq's beach is Rifienne. Tell us which building or beach entrance you came down from.
Quemado, Cala Bonita and Sfiha at Al Hoceima
Al Hoceima is known for its bay, where the Mediterranean is clear and the waves are gentle and light. Quemado, Cala Bonita and Sfiha are among the beaches of the town and its region, each with fine golden sand and rocks around it. The port deserves a pin as well: fishermen keep its edges busy, and people go there for a stroll.
Saïdia, between the town and the marina
Saïdia's beach has fine sand and quiet, warm water. A long corniche runs beside it, where people walk up and down after dark, and in the evening people head to the marina to eat.
Once your pin reaches us
The same voice on WhatsApp
Every message in the chat is answered by one person, from your first description of the beach to the day the case closes.
Everyone's afternoon counts
On a family day, several people moved around the same small area of sand. We pass on what each of them did, where the parasol stood and where the bags lay.
When it points out to sea
If what you describe points to deep water off the beach, that is a long shot, and you would hear that from us first.
Your decision, after the costs
We explain the costs before any search is booked. The go-ahead is yours to give, or not.
The water and the ground where it went
Asilah is on the Atlantic. Every other beach on this page is on the Mediterranean.
Atlantic swell at Asilah
Asilah's beaches usually take the Atlantic swell. If you were swimming when it went, were you out among the breakers, or in the shallows nearer the sand?
Quiet water at Tangier and Saïdia
The water at Tangier's city beach is calm, and at Saïdia it is quiet and warm. Could you still stand, and roughly how high was the water on you?
Sand and rock at Al Hoceima
Rocks border the sand at Quemado, Cala Bonita and Sfiha. A loss while climbing on them and a loss beside your towel lead to different searches, so let us know which one it was.
Questions about Tangier, Asilah, Tetouan, Tamuda Bay, Al Hoceima and Saïdia
Our towels were halfway down the beach at M'diq, and by teatime my left earring had gone.
At M'diq the beach lies in front of the town, so start from the building or café directly inland of your towels and pin it. Then guess how many steps it was from there down to the water. The matching earring is the best guide you can give: photograph it, with its back. Mention any digging by the children too, since that sand was turned over.
Somewhere around the ferry terminals in Tangier's port, my phone left my pocket.
Tangier's port is right in the city, and the ferry and cruise terminals are entered from Place Bab Al Marsa, beside Bab Al Diwana, the old customs house. That building does not move, so use it as your reference point, and say if you were catching a ferry or meeting one. A pin from where you first missed it helps most.
We had an evening on Tangier's city beach, and later, in our room, I saw my finger was bare.
The city beach, L'playa to people in Tangier, is right in the centre with a corniche behind it, so name the café or restaurant opposite your spot and pin it. Then list where the evening went afterwards: the corniche, a café, the taxi. Say too whether you walked barefoot in the shallows, and whether it was already dark.
Asilah's town beach has my bracelet somewhere in it.
The town beach starts where you come out of the medina heading north, so estimate the distance from the medina end to your towel, and drop a pin. Asilah is on the Atlantic, and the swell usually reaches the beach, so mention it if you swam out into the waves. A photo of the clasp shows the detectorist what to look for.
My chain was on at Quemado in the morning and missing after Cala Bonita.
Quemado and Cala Bonita are both beaches of Al Hoceima, with golden sand and rocks around it. The chain went somewhere between the two, so work out where it was last seen, in a photo on your phone perhaps, or before a swim. Send a pin from each beach, and mention any climbing on the rocks.
I went swimming at Saïdia wearing my watch and came back to the towel without it.
At Saïdia, place yourself on the beach first: a pin, and the nearest building on the corniche. The water here is quiet and warm, and if you were still in your depth, give us a rough idea how deep. Had the strap felt loose earlier that day?
During an afternoon in Tetouan's medina my ring went, and the streets are a blur.
Nobody expects you to know the lane names. Your phone holds more of the afternoon than you think: photos carry a time, and a card payment names the shop. Send us those, along with the latest photo that shows the ring on your hand. In the medina, the search covers the lanes and squares you actually walked.
Martil was where my Oura ring disappeared, during a swim.
Martil is on Tetouan's stretch of coast, the one that carries on to Oued Laou, where warm, blue water invites a swim. Pin your way into the sea and, separately, your way out, even if the two were close, and describe whatever stood on the shore in front of you. If the ring was last on your finger before the swim, say where your bag was.
Tangier, Tetouan, Al Hoceima and Saïdia
One beach name gets it going
Any town on this page, however long ago it happened.
Open the WhatsApp chat with the beach or street and the item, plus a picture of it, or of the matching one, if you have it. A pin dropped where it happened is the next thing we ask for.