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El Gouna, Egypt

No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Sahl Hasheesh, 41 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: HRG (HRG), 27 km.

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About El Gouna

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 gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 57). The sea is about 23°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For windsurfing at beginner level the best months are usually January, March, April and May, with about 3 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Sahl Hasheesh, 41 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: HRG (HRG), 27 km. Within 5 km we also list 3 wind sports spots and 1 dive site.

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From Chicago: about 22 h 50 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.

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  2. Getting there. 1 h 55 from the airport to El Gouna.

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  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this spot yet: Sahl Hasheesh, 41 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: HRG (HRG), 27 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

El Gouna on Google Maps · Directions

Windsurf spot

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Forecast

Best on Sun 25: 10 kn gusting 17, side-shore. Water: flat.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct5222knsidechop
Mon 19Oct1725knsidechop
Tue 20Oct3925knsidechop
Wed 21Oct3926knsidechop
Thu 22Oct5323knsidechop
Fri 23Oct5321knsideflat
Sat 24Oct5318knside-onflat
Sun 25Oct6717knsideflat
Mon 26Oct5318knsideflat
Tue 27Oct6719knsideflat

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

  1. Jan3of 7
  2. Feb2of 7
  3. Mar3of 7
  4. Apr3of 7
  5. May3of 7
  6. Jun2of 7
  7. Jul3of 7
  8. Aug2of 7
  9. Sep2of 7
  10. Oct3of 7
  11. Nov3of 7
  12. Dec3of 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 windsurf. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to SSH, changing at IST, then 1h 55 by road. About 22h 50 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Windsurf El Gouna

    13 kn gusting 25, side-shore. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Windsurf El Gouna

    13 kn gusting 26, side-shore. Water: chop.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Windsurf El Gouna

    11 kn gusting 23, side-shore. Water: chop.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Windsurf El Gouna

    10 kn gusting 21, side-shore. Water: flat.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Windsurf El Gouna

    8 kn gusting 18, side-onshore. Water: flat.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to SSH, changing at IST, then 1h 55 by road. About 22h 50 door to door

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. Kit hire is not in it yet: we have no sourced price for it.

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

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