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Best for flat water
4 places in Egypt have at least one spot whose water is lagoon or flat: Hurghada, Dahab, El Gouna and Soma Bay. Between them, 7 flat-water spots and 29 kite schools.
Ordered by how many spots each place holds.
HurghadaDahabEl GounaSoma BayEverything Egypt doesFlat water nearbyAlso in Egypt
4 places, largest first
3 of its 4 spots are lagoon or flat water
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 71%, Feb 82%, Mar 60%, Apr 65%, May 69%, Jun 92%, Jul 73%, Aug 84%, Sep 90%, Oct 85%, Nov 80%, Dec 61%. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
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2 of its 3 spots are lagoon or flat water
Modelled share of windy days by month: Mar 40%, Apr 50%, May 58%, Jun 62%, Jul 45%, Aug 63%, Sep 62%, Oct 42%, Nov 20%. No figure for Jan, Feb, Dec. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
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Mohammed Moussa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
1 of its 3 spots is lagoon or flat water
Modelled share of windy days by month: Feb 70%, Mar 53%, Apr 60%, May 65%, Jun 82%, Jul 69%, Aug 79%, Sep 85%, Oct 77%, Nov 50%. No figure for Jan, Dec. In season: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
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1 of its 2 spots is lagoon or flat water
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
"Palms in Soma Bay, Egypt (51223271433).jpg" by dronepicr, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
the figure in a cell is how many of that place's spots qualify; flat water is the column you are on
| Place | Flat water | Waves | Beginners | Foiling | Waves and flat | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurghada | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Dahab | 2 | 1 | 2 | none | 3 | 6 |
| El Gouna | 1 | none | 3 | 3 | none | 4 |
| Soma Bay | 1 | none | 2 | 1 | none | 8 |
| Marsa Alam | none | 2 | 2 | none | none | 3 |
| Ras Sudr | none | none | 1 | none | none | 7 |
| Safaga | none | none | 1 | 1 | none | 3 |
A cell reading none in one of the five facet columns is a rule no spot at that place matches; in the Schools column it is a place with no school on file. A figure links to that facet's page for Egypt where there is one - 4 of the five clear the three-place gate here - except in the column you are already on, and the Schools figures, which are counts rather than facets.
Flat water nearby
Saudi ArabiaGreeceQatarItalyCroatia
The closest countries with a page for the same kind of riding, centre to centre: Saudi Arabia 1,533 km, Greece 1,564 km, Qatar 2,122 km, Italy 2,402 km, Croatia 2,406 km.
A place is here when at least one of its spots describes its water as a lagoon or as flat. A country needs three such places before it gets a page of its own.