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
Center26.10° N, 34.28° E
Common seasonYear-round
Conditions & forecast
Diving: Marginal
Wind
13 km/h NW
Air
27.3°C
Water
27.4°C
Waves
0.7 m
Tide
↓ Falling
High 10:00 · Low 04:00
Next 24 hours
01h
27°
14 km/h
02h
26.8°
15 km/h
03h
26.4°
15 km/h
04h
26.1°
15 km/h
05h
25.7°
13 km/h
06h
25.2°
9 km/h
07h
24.8°
6 km/h
08h
25°
4 km/h
09h
26.6°
3 km/h
10h
27.6°
7 km/h
11h
28.3°
8 km/h
12h
28.3°
11 km/h
13h
27.8°
17 km/h
14h
28.2°
18 km/h
15h
28°
18 km/h
16h
27.7°
19 km/h
17h
27.3°
18 km/h
18h
26.9°
16 km/h
19h
26.7°
13 km/h
20h
26.8°
10 km/h
21h
26.4°
8 km/h
22h
25.9°
7 km/h
23h
25.6°
6 km/h
00h
25.1°
6 km/h
Fri
28.4° / 24.7°
19 km/h · 0.9 m
Sat
27.7° / 23.6°
20 km/h · 0.8 m
Sun
28° / 24.5°
25 km/h · 1 m
Mon
27.6° / 23.8°
23 km/h · 1.2 m
Tue
28.9° / 23.7°
26 km/h · 1.4 m
Wed
29.6° / 20.7°
25 km/h · 1.5 m
Thu
31° / 20.8°
22 km/h · 1.4 m

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