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Marsa Alam, Egypt

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Port Ghalib, is 58 km away. Nearest airport: RMF (RMF), 62 km.

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About Marsa Alam

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces NE, so wind from the SW blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline). Facts: verified.

Water about 28°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing NE. Wind from the NE blows onshore, wind from the SW blows out to sea, and wind from the SE or NW runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.9 km out (1 in 185). The sea is about 23°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 30°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually February, March, April and May, with about 3 good days in 7; in July and November, about 1. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Port Ghalib, is 58 km away. Nearest airport: RMF (RMF), 62 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 2 dive sites.

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From Chicago: about 22 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to RMF, changing at Zürich Airport (ZRH).

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 25 from the airport to Marsa Alam.

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  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Port Ghalib, is 58 km away. Nearest airport: RMF (RMF), 62 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Marsa Alam on Google Maps · Directions

Kite spot

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Forecast

Best on Sun 18: 15 kn gusting 20, side-shore. Water: chop.

The score for kite, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct8020knsidechop
Mon 19Oct8022knsidechop
Tue 20Oct7721knside-onchop
Wed 21Oct8021knsidechop
Thu 22Oct4917knsidechop
Fri 23Oct4317knsideflat
Sat 24Oct012knsideflat
Sun 25Oct013kncross-offflat
Mon 26Oct016knsideflat
Tue 27Oct010knsideflat

Day scores are the conditions out of 80. Wind is the day's best reading: the mean and the gusts in knots (10 kn is about 19 km/h); the arrow points where it blows to. Shore: "side" is side-shore, blowing along the beach, the safe way; "side-on" and "on" blow in towards it; "cross-off" and "off" blow out to sea, and offshore scores nothing for kite and windsurf. Water is the open sea's waves near the spot: flat under 0.3 m, chop to 0.8 m.

The season

Good kite days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan2of 7
  2. Feb3of 7
  3. Mar3of 7
  4. Apr3of 7
  5. May3of 7
  6. Jun3of 7
  7. Jul1of 7
  8. Aug2of 7
  9. Sep3of 7
  10. Oct2of 7
  11. Nov1of 7
  12. Dec2of 7

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for kite. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to RMF, changing at ZRH, then 1h 25 by road. About 22h 30 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Kite Marsa Alam

    16 kn gusting 21, side-onshore. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Kite Marsa Alam

    16 kn gusting 21, side-shore. Water: chop.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Kite Marsa Alam

    13 kn gusting 17, side-shore. Water: chop.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Kite Marsa Alam

    13 kn gusting 17, side-shore. Water: flat.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 9 kn gusting 12, side-shore. Water: flat.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to RMF, changing at ZRH, then 1h 25 by road. About 22h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £860–£1,720 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing. A guide from typical prices, not a quote. No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

  • Flights £600–£1,250
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Food £155–£290

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