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Nuweiba, Egypt

No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Nuweiba, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TCP (TCP), 64 km.

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About Nuweiba

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

Water about 26°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing E. Wind from the E blows onshore, wind from the W blows out to sea, and wind from the S or N runs along the shore. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 11). The sea is about 22°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 28°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best month is usually September, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Nuweiba, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TCP (TCP), 64 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

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From Chicago: about 22 h 20 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. ORD to AQJ, changing at IST.

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 35 from the airport to Nuweiba.

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  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this spot yet: Nuweiba, 2 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: TCP (TCP), 64 km.

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Where it is

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Kite spot

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Forecast

Best on Tue 20: 13 kn gusting 18, onshore. Water: chop.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct012knsideflat
Mon 19Oct014knsideflat
Tue 20Oct4018knonchop
Wed 21Oct014knsidechop
Thu 22Oct015knsideflat
Fri 23Oct016kncross-offflat
Sat 24Oct013kncross-offflat
Sun 25Oct015kncross-offflat
Mon 26Oct018kncross-offflat
Tue 27Oct017kncross-offflat

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. Jan1of 7
  2. Feb1of 7
  3. Mar1of 7
  4. Apr1of 7
  5. May1of 7
  6. Jun1of 7
  7. Jul1of 7
  8. Aug1of 7
  9. Sep2of 7
  10. Oct1of 7
  11. Nov1of 7
  12. Dec1of 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 AQJ, changing at IST, then 1h 35 by road. About 22h 20 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Kite Nuweiba

    13 kn gusting 18, onshore. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 8 kn gusting 14, side-shore. Water: chop.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 7 kn gusting 15, side-shore. Water: flat.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 7 kn gusting 16, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: flat.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 4 kn gusting 13, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: flat.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to AQJ, changing at IST, then 1h 35 by road. About 22h 20 door to door

Rough cost

About £845–£1,685 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 £585–£1,215
  • To the UK airport £35–£65
  • Hire car £70–£115
  • Food £155–£290

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