M'diq sits twenty kilometres northeast of Tétouan on the Mediterranean, where the coast bends north toward Cabo Negro. It started life as a small fishing port and has grown into one of northern Morocco's busier summer resorts, but the working harbour is still the centre of gravity — boats land the night's catch at dawn, the fish market sells out by mid-morning, and most of the seafront restaurants buy their stock from a counter twenty metres away. South of the harbour, a long sand beach runs toward Cabo Negro with a marina, a corniche, and a string of cafés along the way.

The fish market is the visit's reason to set an alarm. Boats begin landing the previous night's catch around 6am; by 9 the auction is winding down and by 10 it is over. Arrive before 8am to see it in full swing, with sardines, prawns, octopus, sole and tuna laid out on melting ice. Lunch on the same fish at one of the harbourside grills two hours later is the natural follow-up — pick a restaurant with the day's catch on display at the entrance, skip the tourist menu, and order from the iced display.

The beach south of the harbour is the cleanest swim on the Tétouan coast: calm, gentle slope, lifeguards on the central section in summer. Weekday afternoons in June or September are the best balance of warmth and quiet; July and August weekends are crowded with families from Tétouan and Tangier. From Tétouan it is a twenty-five-minute drive or shared grand-taxi, which makes a fish-market dawn plus seafood lunch plus afternoon beach run into a complete day out.