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Sharm El Sheikh Naama, Egypt

No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Sharm El Sheikh, 1 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: SSH (SSH), 10 km.

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About Sharm El Sheikh Naama

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces SE, so wind from the NW 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 SE. Wind from the SE blows onshore, wind from the NW blows out to sea, and wind from the SW or NE runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 450 m out (1 in 45). The sea is about 23°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 30°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For windsurfing at beginner level the best month is usually April, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this spot yet: Sharm El Sheikh, 1 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: SSH (SSH), 10 km. Within 5 km we also list 12 dive sites.

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From Chicago: about 21 h 25 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. 30 min from the airport to Sharm El Sheikh Naama.

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  3. Accommodation.

    No town nearby

    No stay checked for this spot yet: Sharm El Sheikh, 1 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: SSH (SSH), 10 km.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

Sharm El Sheikh Naama on Google Maps · Directions

Windsurf spot

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Forecast

Best on Mon 19: 7 kn gusting 10, side-onshore. Water: chop.

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

DayScoreWindGustsShoreWater
Mon 19Oct8010knside-onchop
Tue 20Oct4015knsidechop
Wed 21Oct4010knsidechop
Thu 22Oct4014knsidechop
Fri 23Oct8011knside-onflat
Sat 24Oct3611knonflat
Sun 25Oct8013knside-onflat
Mon 26Oct5616knside-onflat
Tue 27Oct6716knsideflat
Wed 28Oct07kncross-off–

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. Feb1of 7
  3. Mar1of 7
  4. Apr2of 7
  5. May1of 7
  6. Jun0of 7
  7. Jul1of 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 Tue 20 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for windsurf. Change dates

  1. Tue 20 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly ORD to SSH, changing at IST, then 30 min by road. About 21h 25 door to door

  2. Wed 21 Oct
    Windsurf Sharm El Sheikh Naama

    8 kn gusting 10, side-shore. Water: chop.

  3. Thu 22 Oct
    Windsurf Sharm El Sheikh Naama

    11 kn gusting 14, side-shore. Water: chop.

  4. Fri 23 Oct
    Windsurf Sharm El Sheikh Naama

    8 kn gusting 11, side-onshore. Water: flat.

  5. Sat 24 Oct
    Windsurf Sharm El Sheikh Naama

    7 kn gusting 11, onshore. Water: flat.

  6. Sun 25 Oct
    Windsurf Sharm El Sheikh Naama

    9 kn gusting 13, side-onshore. Water: flat.

  7. Mon 26 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly ORD to SSH, changing at IST, then 30 min by road. About 21h 25 door to door

Rough cost

About £795–£1,610 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
  • Taxi £15–£30
  • Food £155–£290

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