AtlasChapter I · Region 04

El Quseir.

Historic port with untouched house reefs

Sites catalogued
8
Common season
Year-round
Difficulty
Novice–Advanced

About this region

One of the Red Sea's oldest port towns, where the diving is as unhurried as the streets. Pristine fringing reefs run right off the shore — vivid hard coral, mangrove bays and a slow, old-Egypt pace that the bigger resorts have left behind.

Region facts

Sites catalogued8
Centre26.10° N, 34.28° E
Common seasonYear-round
Conditions & forecast
Diving: Good
Wind
10 km/h W
Air
29.8°C
Water
30.1°C
Waves
0.4 m
Tide
↓ Falling
High 09:00 · Low 03:00
Next 24 hours
23h
29.6°
11 km/h
00h
28.6°
11 km/h
01h
27.5°
13 km/h
02h
27°
12 km/h
03h
26.8°
12 km/h
04h
26.4°
13 km/h
05h
25.7°
14 km/h
06h
25.4°
13 km/h
07h
26.2°
12 km/h
08h
29.6°
10 km/h
09h
32.9°
11 km/h
10h
34.1°
18 km/h
11h
34.4°
24 km/h
12h
34.2°
25 km/h
13h
33.8°
25 km/h
14h
33.7°
23 km/h
15h
33.9°
23 km/h
16h
33.7°
20 km/h
17h
33.2°
16 km/h
18h
32.4°
11 km/h
19h
31.6°
3 km/h
20h
31.8°
5 km/h
21h
31.6°
7 km/h
22h
31°
9 km/h
Mon
34.1° / 26.1°
27 km/h · 0.8 m
Tue
34.4° / 25.4°
25 km/h · 0.6 m
Wed
34.2° / 26.1°
24 km/h · 0.6 m
Thu
34.1° / 25.2°
27 km/h · 0.8 m
Fri
33.9° / 26.9°
28 km/h · 0.7 m
Sat
34.5° / 25.9°
28 km/h · 1 m
Sun
33.3° / 27.3°
31 km/h · 1.2 m

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