AtlasChapter I · Region 06

Hurghada.

Mainland hub — reefs, pinnacles & dolphins

Sites catalogued
21
Common season
Year-round
Difficulty
Novice–Advanced

About this region

The Red Sea's busiest mainland port and day-boat capital. A scatter of fringing reefs and pinnacles — Giftun, Abu Ramada, Umm Gamar and the dolphins of Sha'ab El Erg — make it the place divers build experience before heading south.

Region facts

Sites catalogued21
Centre27.25° N, 33.81° E
Common seasonYear-round
Conditions & forecast
Diving: Good
Wind
16 km/h N
Air
31.9°C
Water
28.5°C
Waves
0.3 m
Tide
↓ Falling
High 21:00 · Low 15:00
Next 24 hours
10h
31.9°
16 km/h
11h
31.9°
17 km/h
12h
31.8°
20 km/h
13h
31.9°
23 km/h
14h
32.2°
24 km/h
15h
32.4°
24 km/h
16h
32.4°
21 km/h
17h
32°
18 km/h
18h
31.5°
16 km/h
19h
31.1°
12 km/h
20h
31.1°
10 km/h
21h
31.4°
11 km/h
22h
31.1°
13 km/h
23h
30.6°
13 km/h
00h
30.2°
15 km/h
01h
29.8°
16 km/h
02h
29.4°
16 km/h
03h
29.1°
16 km/h
04h
28.7°
14 km/h
05h
28°
12 km/h
06h
27.3°
11 km/h
07h
27.1°
11 km/h
08h
28.6°
12 km/h
09h
30.1°
15 km/h
Tue
32.4° / 27.7°
24 km/h · 0.5 m
Wed
33.3° / 27.1°
25 km/h · 0.5 m
Thu
34.1° / 27.5°
29 km/h · 0.7 m
Fri
33.7° / 28.2°
26 km/h · 0.6 m
Sat
34.3° / 28°
29 km/h · 0.8 m
Sun
33.1° / 27.6°
28 km/h · 0.9 m
Mon
32.8° / 28.9°
25 km/h · 0.7 m

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