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Wadi Lahami

Red Sea · Marsa Alam · Hamata

also known as Hamata, Wadi Lahami Lagoon, Wadi Lahami Village, Wadi Lahami Kitesurfing Center

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The spot
Wind
Forecast
Month by month
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
Schools
Tips
Getting there
FAQ

Riding essentials

Season

Jan–Dec

Months riders and schools name

How windy

10-35 knots

Character: mixed · cross-shore

Room to launch

huge

access rules on record, below

Water

mixed

30 °C in summer

Hazards

Reported by riders

Level

Beginner to advanced

With a caveat: see Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Crowds

low crowds · busy Mar Apr May Jun

Schools

named at this spot

From the airport

150 min

Alam International Airport (RMF)

On the clock

11:00

On the clock

14:00 · 15:00

Side-shore early, with the breeze swinging to a steadier side-onshore from around 11:00 and picking up strength as it does. It normally holds until 14:00-15:00; after that it either fades out or runs on to sunset depending on the season.

The marks are the clock times the record names, laid on a 24-hour day. The bar between the first and the last covers those hours; it is not a promise of wind.

Nearbystraight-line distance

Marsa Alam North Channel110 km

Backup spotsWhere riders go when the wind doesn't work here.

Kite Village Hamata / Camel Beachno page yet
Hamata Islandsno page yet
Lahami Bayno page yet
Fury Shoalsno page yet
Marsa Alamno page yet

The spot

Wadi Lahami is about as far south as Egyptian kiting goes: the village sits 10 km south of Hamata and roughly 180 km south of Marsa Alam Airport, and everything runs through the resort's kite centre. The water is a quiet sandy lagoon closed off by reef and mangrove, flat to slightly choppy, shallow enough to learn in and big enough to have to yourself.

Wind and season

North-sector wind is the pattern; the season is argued about, and the honest version is that it works most of the year with the reliable stretches falling outside the hottest July-August window.

Launch and services

The launch is enormous, and the station runs boat rescue, storage, lessons and rental, so an independent rider is covered as long as they register.

Beyond the reef

Outside the reef there is swell and there are waves, but the reef, the shallows, the dive boats and the protected islands mean you take local advice before going out there.

Resort life

This is a kite-and-dive eco-village stay: no shops, no nightlife, nothing outside the resort. Come for flat water, space and quiet, and skip it if you want a town around you.

The wind

locals call it Red Sea northerly thermal/trade wind

Direction

cross-shoreN

Dominant direction

N, NNE, NE; occasional NW/NNW and rare southerly winds

Kite sizes

4567891011121314151617

metres · typical quiver highlighted

The quiver, in words

The station's rental quiver spans 6 to 17 m. Around the Hamata lagoons a 75-85 kg rider gets through most days on 9 m and 12 m: the 9 m for the ordinary 18-24 knot afternoon, the 12 m for light mornings and the softer summer wind.Keep a 7 m for the strong spring blows, and a 15 m or larger only earns its luggage weight on the rare sub-15 knot day.

Character

mixed

When it fills in: see above ↑

Average strength

20-30

Typical strength

10-35 knots across the year, with 15-25 knots the usual peak-month figure and 15-30 knots when it is properly on.

Reliable by Egyptian standards but not a daily guarantee: about 90% probability outside July-August and about 60% in July-August. No station statistics are published for Wadi Lahami itself, so treat those figures as indicative.

Wind blows through the year and nobody agrees on the season. October-April gets called the stronger, more reliable half; January-June plus October-December turns up too, with the best odds mid-May to June and September to mid-October; elsewhere the peak is May-September at 15-25 knots with down days inside it, or September-June.

The kite centre itself draws it narrower: late February or early March to late October or early November. The one figure that repeats is about 90% wind probability outside July-August.

Forecast

Live forecast

Windguru Windfinder Windy

Month by month

10 ktJan23°
10 ktFeb23°
10 ktMar23°
9 ktApr24°
10 ktMay26°
10 ktJun27°
9 ktJul28°
10 ktAug29°
10 ktSep28°
9 ktOct27°
9 ktNov26°
10 ktDec24°

avg knots per month · water °C below · season highlighted

Monthly averages. Highlighted: the months riders and schools name (Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec).

Measured at Marsa Alam (town), ~99 km from the spot (multi-year modeled/historical (Weatherspark)).

Every figure, month by monthKnots · Wind from · Air · Water

Month	Knots	Wind from	Air	Water
Jan	9.6 kt	N	18.9 °C	23.3 °C
Feb	9.6 kt	N	19.4 °C	22.8 °C
Mar	9.6 kt	N	21.7 °C	22.8 °C
Apr	9.2 kt	N	25 °C	23.9 °C
May	9.6 kt	N	28.3 °C	25.6 °C
Jun	10.4 kt	N	30.6 °C	26.7 °C
Jul	9 kt	N	31.1 °C	28.3 °C
Aug	9.7 kt	N	31.7 °C	29.4 °C
Sep	10.3 kt	N	30 °C	28.3 °C
Oct	8.9 kt	N	27.2 °C	27.2 °C
Nov	8.9 kt	N	23.3 °C	26.1 °C
Dec	9.5 kt	N	20.6 °C	24.4 °C

How this was measuredmeasured · multi-year modeled/historical (Weatherspark)

A ground station recorded this, at the distance the page names.

A station this far away — often inland or at an airport — can understate accelerated local wind. The typical daily max and the direction are columns of the table above, month by month. Highlighted months are the riding season from the spot record.

Marsa Alam (town) · Weatherspark · multi-year modeled/historical (Weatherspark)

The water

Type

mixed

Standing depth

A wide sandy standing area sits directly in front of the beach and stays about waist deep over a long stretch, one of the larger standing zones on the Egyptian Red Sea.The lagoon is closed off by an outer reef with a channel roughly 500 m wide running to open sea; inside that channel the water is flat and more than 2 m deep.Low water pulls the standing area back and shallows it further, in places to barely knee depth.

Tides

The Red Sea range is small but it matters here. Low water flattens the lagoon and is the better state for smooth riding, yet it also drops the standing area to knee depth in places and bares sandbank and reef edges.High water gives more depth and more room, and is the state to pick before going anywhere near the southern reef or the outer edge.

Temperature

30 °C summer · 23 °C winter

Modelled monthly average: 23–29 °C

Wetsuit

Boardshorts or lycra in summer; shorty in spring/autumn; 3 mm is generally enough in cooler months, with some riders preferring 4/3 in winter or strong March wind.

Conditions

Inside the reef the water is mainly flat to slightly choppy, with a sandy bottom in the bay and a rockier area toward the south.

An outer reef protects the lagoon; beyond it, small waves or 1.5-3 m swell are reported, so outside-reef riding is for competent riders with local guidance and tide awareness. The mangrove area north/upwind is protected. Boats can be present because the village is also a diving base.

Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

The lagoon is an easy place to learn: sandy bottom, standing depth straight off the beach and a station watching the water. Intermediates get the whole lagoon and flat-water freestyle; stronger riders get downwinders, excursions and, in season, waves outside the bay. Low tide, the reef sections, the side-offshore morning angle and the mangroves are what catch people out.

The scene

What riders come here for

freeridefreestyleflat waterwaveswakestyleprogressionwave riding outside the reefdiving and kiting combo

A remote eco-village: one small kite station, divers and kiters sharing the same resort, a private bay and no nightlife. Thirty kiters at a time is the cap.

Launch and rules

three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you

With a school or a boat

3 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: huge

Read the access rules

Somewhere else

1 spot nearby

Marsa Alam North Channel110 km

The one spot within 40 km is under Nearby

Rescue

+2 012 2174 4271

Rescue — full text1 min read

Beach helpers watch the water and the station runs rescue boats; the prevailing wind angle means a rider who goes down drifts back toward the beach rather than out to sea.

2026 rates put an extra rescue at EUR 12 for guests staying in the village and EUR 17 for outside guests.

The centre answers on +2 012 2174 4271 and info@wadilahamikitesurfing.com; the kite desk also uses kiting@redsea-divingsafari.com.

Launch

Sandy private beach/lagoon launch directly in front of Wadi Lahami Kitesurfing Center; the center is about 100 m from the water and there is plenty of space to lay out lines.

Hazards riders report 20 reported

Wind

Morning wind can be side-offshore.
Morning wind sits side-shore to side-offshore before it swings onshore around 11:00

Crowds and zones

Diving boats may operate in the area.
Diving boats operate in the bay because the village is also a dive base

Bottom

Fury Shoal downwinders require a local guide due to coral reef navigation
Fury Shoal downwinders require a local guide because of coral reef navigation

Waves and currents

Very shallow water at low tide, including reef and sandbank areas.
Outside-reef waves/swell and excursions around islands/reefs require competent riding and local advice.
Very shallow water at low tide, including reef and sandbank sections that can drop to knee depth
Outside-reef waves and swell, and excursions around islands and reefs, need competent riding and local advice

Protected areas and rules

Protected mangrove area north/upwind; do not kite in or get close to the mangroves.
Small reef/rocky area in the south of the lagoon and reef sections on island/outside-reef excursions.
Protected mangrove area north and upwind: no kiting there, keep roughly 100 m off
Small reef and rocky patch in the south of the lagoon, plus reef sections on island and outside-reef excursions
Landing on the nearby islands is forbidden - they are protected and military-controlled

Other

remote location with limited services
Very remote location with limited nightlife, shops and public transport.
High summer heat; daytime heat near 40-45 C in summer.
Remote location with limited services, shops, nightlife and public transport
High summer heat, with daytime air near 40-45 C in July and August

Rules & access

1 min read

2026: riding from the village runs through the Wadi Lahami kite station.

Gear storage

Gear storage costs EUR 15 a day in 2026 for up to six days, or EUR 98 a week (2026) for village guests; outside guests pay EUR 20 a day or EUR 130 a week (2026). An extra rescue is EUR 12 in 2026 for village guests and EUR 17 for outside guests (2026).

Protected areas

2026: the mangrove belt north and upwind is protected and is not a kiting area, so keep about 100 m off it. 2026: the offshore islands are protected and military-controlled, and landing or walking on them is forbidden. The whole coast here sits inside Wadi El Gemal National Park, which covers the islands, reefs, seagrass beds and the Ras Qulan-Hamata mangrove forest, the largest on the Egyptian Red Sea. No municipal ordinance or national federation rule page exists for the spot.

Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.

Schools that ride here

Rider tips

Bring a quiver of 7 m, 9 m and 11-12 m kites; both strong-wind and light-wind days happen here.
Book accommodation well in advance. It is the eco-village and a couple of camps, and that is all.
Reserve rental gear well ahead. The station stocks 6-17 m, but the quiver is finite and the place is small.
Ride the middle of the day for the steady side-onshore phase. The first hours are side-shore and feel lighter.
Check tide and depth before tricks, and before riding toward the reef or the islands; low water drops the standing area to knee depth.
Stay clear of the mangroves and do not land on the islands.
Pre-arrange the airport transfer through the resort or your operator. There is no practical public transport.
Budget for storage if you bring your own gear; it is charged by the day or the week and is cheaper for village guests.
Book diving or snorkelling alongside the kiting if you want a reliable no-wind day.

Getting there

Airport

Marsa Alam International Airport (RMF); Hurghada is a farther alternative.

Route

A pre-arranged transfer through the resort or a travel operator is the only practical way in. Wadi Lahami is 180 km south of Marsa Alam Airport and 393 km south of Hurghada Airport: about 2.5 hours by car or bus from Marsa Alam, about 6.5 hours from Hurghada.

Transfer

150 min

Cost level

Medium-high for Egypt, because of the transfer and because you eat and sleep at the resort. Full-board at Wadi Lahami ran EUR 63-106 per person per night in 2026 depending on season and category, and the Marsa Alam airport transfer ran EUR 22-98 per person one way in 2026, depending on group size.

Staying

Wadi Lahami Village has 47 places to sleep across tents, Royal Tents and Deluxe Chalets, all full board. Wider Hamata options are Wadi Lahmy Azur Resort, Lahami Bay Beach Resort and the Kite Camp and Kite Village accommodation.

No-wind days

Scuba diving at Fury Shoals, snorkelling, Satayah and Dolphin Reef trips, SUP, wakeboarding behind a boat, birdwatching in the mangroves, desert excursions, Bedouin encounters, camel or horse riding, and the local temple ruins.

FAQ

When is the best time to kite at Wadi Lahami?

Wind blows nearly year-round with roughly 90 percent probability outside July-August, though sources differ on whether spring, autumn or a broader window is strongest.

Is Wadi Lahami good for beginners?

Yes, the operator describes the reef-protected sandy lagoon as a learning space for beginners, with the resort's kite centre providing lessons and rental.

What is the wind like?

Wind is typically N, NNE or NE, ranging widely from about 10 to 35 knots, often stronger in the morning and lighter later in the day.

Are there rules or restricted zones?

Yes, the protected mangrove area is off-limits to kiting and nearby islands are protected or military zones where landing is forbidden.

What hazards should riders know about?

Very shallow water at low tide, a rocky area in the south of the lagoon, and small swell outside the reef mean outside riding needs local guidance.

The bigger pictureEverything about Marsa Alam

Last updated: August 2026