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Quseir, Egypt

No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Port Ghalib, is 72 km away. Nearest airport: RMF (RMF), 68 km.

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About Quseir

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, 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 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 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. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves moderately: 10 m deep about 200 m out (1 in 22). The sea is about 23°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 30°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). No town nearby. No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Port Ghalib, is 72 km away. Nearest airport: RMF (RMF), 68 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

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From Chicago: about 22 h 35 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 30 from the airport to Quseir.

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  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No bookable town within 50 km: the nearest, Port Ghalib, is 72 km away. Nearest airport: RMF (RMF), 68 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Quseir on Google Maps · Directions

Windsurf spot

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Forecast

Best on Wed 21: 18 kn gusting 24, cross-offshore. Water: chop.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Sun 18Oct6023kncross-offchop
Mon 19Oct6522knsidechop
Tue 20Oct6424kncross-offchop
Wed 21Oct7024kncross-offchop
Thu 22Oct2320knsidechop
Fri 23Oct015kncross-offchop
Sat 24Oct013kncross-offflat
Sun 25Oct09kncross-offflat
Mon 26Oct015kncross-offchop
Tue 27Oct015kncross-offchop

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. Jan0of 7
  2. Feb0of 7
  3. Mar0of 7
  4. Apr0of 7
  5. May0of 7
  6. Jun0of 7
  7. Jul0of 7
  8. Aug0of 7
  9. Sep0of 7
  10. Oct0of 7
  11. Nov0of 7
  12. Dec0of 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 RMF, changing at ZRH, then 1h 30 by road. About 22h 35 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Windsurf Quseir

    17 kn gusting 24, cross-offshore. Water: chop.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Windsurf Quseir

    18 kn gusting 24, cross-offshore. Water: chop.

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 15 kn gusting 20, side-shore. Water: chop.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 11 kn gusting 15, cross-offshore. Water: chop.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Not enough of the right wind: 10 kn gusting 13, cross-offshore. Water: flat.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to RMF, changing at ZRH, then 1h 30 by road. About 22h 35 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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