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
Center27.25° N, 33.81° E
Common seasonYear-round
Conditions & forecast
Diving: Marginal
Wind
20 km/h N
Air
26.9°C
Water
26.5°C
Waves
0.7 m
Tide
↑ Rising
High 21:00 · Low 04:00
Next 24 hours
19h
26.6°
19 km/h
20h
26.4°
18 km/h
21h
26°
17 km/h
22h
25.5°
17 km/h
23h
25°
16 km/h
00h
24.6°
17 km/h
01h
24.5°
17 km/h
02h
24.2°
16 km/h
03h
24°
15 km/h
04h
23.7°
14 km/h
05h
23.5°
14 km/h
06h
23.3°
15 km/h
07h
23°
15 km/h
08h
23.2°
15 km/h
09h
24.5°
16 km/h
10h
25.6°
20 km/h
11h
26.5°
20 km/h
12h
27.2°
20 km/h
13h
27.4°
20 km/h
14h
27.6°
19 km/h
15h
27.7°
22 km/h
16h
27.7°
23 km/h
17h
27.4°
20 km/h
18h
26.8°
16 km/h
Fri
28.5° / 23.4°
25 km/h · 0.7 m
Sat
27.7° / 22.9°
23 km/h · 0.5 m
Sun
28.2° / 23.1°
23 km/h · 0.7 m
Mon
27.6° / 22.4°
27 km/h · 0.8 m
Tue
25.7° / 22.3°
25 km/h · 0.9 m
Wed
27.5° / 21.8°
29 km/h · 0.9 m
Thu
28.5° / 22.2°
27 km/h · 0.9 m

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