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). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually January, February, March and April, with about 1 good days in 7; in July and November, about 0. From the weather of past years. 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.

Fly. Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to RMF, changing at Zürich Airport (ZRH).
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Getting there. 1 h 30 from the airport to Quseir.
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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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Where it is

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Kite spot

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Forecast

Best on Tue 20: 16 kn gusting 23, side-shore. Water: chop.

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

Wind forecast and score for each day at Quseir
Day	Score	Wind	Gusts	Shore	Water
Sun 18Oct	40, fair	wind from the north, 16 knots	23kn	side	chop
Mon 19Oct	65, good	wind from the north, 17 knots	22kn	side	chop
Tue 20Oct	79, good	wind from the north, 16 knots	23kn	side	chop
Wed 21Oct	70, good	wind from the north, 17 knots	24kn	side	chop
Thu 22Oct	40, fair	wind from the north, 15 knots	20kn	side	chop
Fri 23Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-north-west, 11 knots	15kn	cross-off	chop
Sat 24Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-west, 10 knots	13kn	cross-off	flat
Sun 25Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-north-west, 7 knots	9kn	cross-off	flat
Mon 26Oct	41, fair	wind from the north, 13 knots	16kn	side	chop
Tue 27Oct	0, poor	wind from the north-north-west, 12 knots	15kn	cross-off	chop

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).

Jan1of 7
Feb1of 7
Mar1of 7
Apr1of 7
May1of 7
Jun1of 7
Jul0of 7
Aug1of 7
Sep1of 7
Oct1of 7
Nov0of 7
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

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to RMF, changing at ZRH, then 1h 30 by road. About 22h 35 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Kite Quseir
16 kn gusting 23, side-shore. Water: chop.
Wed 21 Oct
Kite Quseir
17 kn gusting 24, side-shore. Water: chop.
Thu 22 Oct
Kite Quseir
15 kn gusting 20, side-shore. Water: chop.
Fri 23 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 11 kn gusting 15, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: chop.
Sat 24 Oct
Rest day
Not enough of the right wind: 10 kn gusting 13, cross-offshore. Offshore: not safe to ride. Water: flat.
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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