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Confined Water Training Area, Egypt

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Dahab, 3 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: SSH (SSH), 59 km.

About Confined Water Training Area

It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. 51 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away. The sea is about 22°C in February, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). For Open Water divers the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Dahab, 3 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: SSH (SSH), 59 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 9 dive sites.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 51 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away.

Facts: verified.

Dive centres nearby

  • Adventure Dive Centre 0.1 km

  • Scuba-Too 0.1 km

  • Fun Divers 0.1 km

  • Planet Divers 0.1 km

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  • Red Sea Relax 0.1 km

  • Scuba Life 0.1 km

  • Octopus World Dahab Dive Center 0.1 km

  • Sea Pioneer 0.1 km

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

Water about 27°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility over 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jul, Aug and Sep (over 30 m).

This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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From Chicago: about 22 h 15 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to SSH, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST). About 10 flights a week that month.

    See flights ORD → SSH · Skyscanner from about £590 returnAd
  2. Getting there. 1 h 20 from the airport to Confined Water Training Area.

  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this site yet: Dahab, 3 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: SSH (SSH), 59 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

Best on Thu 22: Sea 0.4 m. Wind 10 kn gusting 19.

The score for Open Water divers, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Confined Water Training Area
DayScoreSeaWindGusts
Sun 18Oct79, good0.2 mflat8 kn20kn
Mon 19Oct76, good0.4 m11 kn21knboats in
Tue 20Oct74, good0.4 m12 kn24knboats in
Wed 21Oct77, good0.3 m11 kn23kn
Thu 22Oct80, good0.4 m10 kn19kn
Fri 23Oct80, good0.2 mflat6 kn12kn
Sat 24Oct80, good0.0 mflat4 kn10kn
Sun 25Oct80, good0.1 mflat5 kn10kn
Mon 26Oct80, good0.3 m2 kn11kn
Tue 27Oct80, good0.3 m6 kn13kn

Day scores are the conditions out of 80, from the two best daylight readings: a morning and an afternoon dive. Sea is the open water's waves near the site, in metres, halved for a sheltered site. Wind and gusts are in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); "boats in" marks gusts that keep dive boats in. This week's visibility, the current and the life no free forecast gives.

The season

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Open Water divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan7of 7
  2. Feb7of 7
  3. Mar7of 7
  4. Apr7of 7
  5. May7of 7
  6. Jun7of 7
  7. Jul7of 7
  8. Aug7of 7
  9. Sep7of 7
  10. Oct7of 7
  11. Nov7of 7
  12. Dec7of 7

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Rough cost

About £850–£1,695 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price for a guided dive, so they are not in it.

  • Flights £590–£1,225
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Food £155–£290

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