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Best for waves
3 places in Egypt have at least one spot with waves: Hurghada, Dahab and Marsa Alam. Between them, 4 wave spots and 20 kite schools.
Ordered by how many spots each place holds.
HurghadaDahabMarsa AlamEverything Egypt doesWaves nearbyAlso in Egypt
3 places, largest first
1 of its 4 spots is marked for waves
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.
also flat wateralso beginnersalso foilingalso waves and flat
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1 of its 3 spots is marked for waves
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.
also flat wateralso beginnersalso waves and flat
Mohammed Moussa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2 of its 2 spots are marked for waves
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 71%, Feb 81%, Mar 63%, Apr 65%, May 82%, Jun 87%, Jul 65%, Aug 81%, Sep 95%, Oct 84%, Nov 72%, Dec 58%. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
the figure in a cell is how many of that place's spots qualify; waves 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.
Waves nearby
The closest countries with a page for the same kind of riding, centre to centre: Israel 724 km, Cyprus 998 km, Greece 1,564 km, Italy 2,402 km, Oman 2,760 km.
A place is here when at least one of its spots describes waves, surf, swell or a beach break in its water, or is tagged for wave riding, surf or strapless. Spots whose only wave mention is "small waves" do not count. A country needs three such places before it gets a page of its own.