Our Story

The future of surf business management.

Our Story

From WhatsApp threads to unified operations.

In 2019, Mouad was managing a surf school in Agadir with twelve instructors, three equipment sheds, and a WhatsApp group that had become the backbone of the entire operation.

Booking requests came in at midnight. Double bookings happened on busy weekends. Instructors showed up to the wrong beach because the spreadsheet hadn't been updated.

So in 2022, he teamed up with Achraf — the surf club manager who had lived through the same chaos — and together they sat down with fifteen surf school owners before writing a single line of code.

200+

Surf schools

12

Countries

2022

Founded

WaveClubs Ecosystem

Six integrated capabilities. One platform. Zero switching.

Booking Management

Real-time booking engine with availability sync, conflict detection, and automated confirmations.

Instructor Scheduling

Assign instructors to sessions based on certifications, availability, and skill level.

Equipment Tracking

Full inventory management — boards, wetsuits, and accessories tracked per session.

Guest Communication

Unified inbox for WhatsApp, Instagram, and email. No more switching between apps.

AI Automation

AI handles routine guest questions, sends reminders, and flags issues before they escalate.

Analytics & Reports

Revenue dashboards, instructor performance, occupancy rates, and booking trends in one view.

The Minds Behind WaveClubs

A small team with deep roots in surf culture and technology.

MD

Mouad Diguoug

Co-founder & Engineer

Built WaveClubs from the ground up. Engineers the platform and makes sure every feature ships fast and works reliably in the hands of real operators.

EngineeringProduct Strategy
Agadir, Morocco
AL

Achraf Lazraque

Co-founder & Co-CEO

Former surf club manager who lived through the chaos of managing bookings on WhatsApp and paper. Co-founded WaveClubs to replace the tools he wished existed.

Surf OperationsBusiness Development
Agadir, Morocco
IB

Inasse Boulguid

Head of Product

Shapes every product decision around the real needs of surf school operators. Keeps the team honest about what matters and what's just noise.

Product DesignOperator Research
Morocco

Multidisciplinary Origins

Built at the intersection of surf culture and technology.

Our team combines years in the water with years in software engineering. That combination is what makes WaveClubs work — we don't need operators to explain what they need, because we've lived it ourselves.

Surf OperationsSoftware EngineeringProduct DesignHospitality & TourismAgadir, MoroccoLagos, PortugalEriceira, Portugal

How We Build

How We Engineer the Platform

01

Talk to operators first

Every feature starts with a conversation — not a roadmap meeting. We spend more time in surf schools than we do in offices.

02

Identify the core problem

We don't build features, we solve problems. If we can't name the exact friction a feature removes, we don't ship it.

03

Ship fast and iterate

We'd rather put something real in your hands and improve it than spend months perfecting something you haven't seen.

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