Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
85Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Fri 6: Sea: flat, Visibility about 30 m, Water 28 °C
Wed 4 · 79 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 19 kn
- Gusts
- 25kn
- Air
- 27°C
Thu 5 · 81 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 17 kn
- Gusts
- 23kn
- Air
- 27°C
Fri 6 · 90 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.1 mflat
- Wind
- 7 kn
- Gusts
- 15kn
- Air
- 27°C
Sat 7 · 89 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 9 kn
- Gusts
- 17kn
- Air
- 27°C
Sun 8 · 84 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 15 kn
- Gusts
- 21kn
- Air
- 25°C
Mon 9 · 82 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 16 kn
- Gusts
- 24kn
- Air
- 26°C
Tue 10 · 83 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.5 m
- Wind
- 14 kn
- Gusts
- 19kn
- Air
- 25°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 9 days
Full forecast- Tue 390, good
- Wed 479, good
- Thu 581, good
- Fri 690, good
- Sat 789, good
- Sun 884, good
- Mon 982, good
- Tue 1083, good
- Wed 1183, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 20 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Advancedand up
- Water 28 °C3 mm wetsuit
- Faces NEswell from there reaches it
Full forecast
every day, every number
The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.
Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3Nov | 90, good | 0.1 mflat | 7 kn | 10kn | 28°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 79, good | 0.4 m | 19 kn | 25kn | 27°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 81, good | 0.4 m | 17 kn | 23kn | 27°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 90, good | 0.1 mflat | 7 kn | 15kn | 27°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 89, good | 0.2 mflat | 9 kn | 17kn | 27°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 84, good | 0.3 m | 15 kn | 21kn | 25°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 82, good | 0.5 m | 16 kn | 24kn | 26°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 83, good | 0.5 m | 14 kn | 19kn | 25°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 83, good | 0.5 m | 15 kn | 28knboats in | 27°C |
Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More
Tide
- Tue 3 NovHigh 00:50 +0.1 mLow 07:14 −0.3 mHigh 13:34 +0.1 mLow 20:02 −0.3 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 02:08 +0.1 mLow 08:29 −0.3 mHigh 14:38 +0.2 mLow 21:05 −0.3 m
- Thu 5 NovHigh 03:12 +0.2 mLow 09:29 −0.3 mHigh 15:31 +0.2 mLow 21:56 −0.3 m
Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.
Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Abu Diab
A reef dive. It goes down to 20 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 32 km away. The sea is about 24°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 31°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). No town nearby. Hamata, 40 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Marsa Alam, 138 km. Nearest airport: Marsa Alam International Airport (RMF), 200 km.
- What it is Reef.
- How deep Down to 20 m.
- Getting in From a boat.
- Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
- Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 32 km away.
Water about 28°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
Visibility about 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Sep and Oct (over 30 m).
The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).
Rough cost (estimate): about US$758–US$1,550 each
about US$758–US$1,550 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, food.
Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.
How we worked it out
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to RMF, estimated from distance and season, changing at ZRH, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$678–US$1,410 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$27–US$40 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$54–US$101 |
| Total | about US$758–US$1,550 |
No town nearby, so no stay is in it. Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.
Where to stay: nearest beds 138 km away
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No town nearby
Hamata, 40 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Marsa Alam, 138 km. Nearest airport: Marsa Alam International Airport (RMF), 200 km.
See places to stay near Marsa Alam, 138 km away · Booking.comDistances are straight lines: a site out at sea is reached by boat.
Getting there: about 24h 50m
About 24h 50m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → RMF, changing at Zürich Airport (ZRH), then 3h 45m by road
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An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in Abu Diab · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in Abu Diab · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
No dive centre mapped within 25 km.
Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits
What you might see
Too few records at this site itself, so these are the animals divers and surveys have recorded at other sites within 25 km in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it there, not that you will.
Whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesusShark
Seen in 3 records.
Bluespotted ribbontail ray Taeniura lymmaRay
Seen in 28 records, mostly May to Oct.
Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricataSea turtle
Seen in 6 records.
Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostrisWhale or dolphin
Seen in 20 records, mostly Sep to Oct.
Variable wart slug Phyllidia varicosaNudibranch
Seen in 9 records.
Pastel rainbow dorid Glossodoris hikuerensisNudibranch
Seen in 7 records.
Striped pyjama nudibranch Chromodoris quadricolorNudibranch
Seen in 5 records.
Peacock grouper Cephalopholis argus
Seen in 42 records, mostly May to Oct.
Red Sea clownfish Amphiprion bicinctus
Seen in 38 records, mostly May to Oct.
Lutjanus ehrenbergiiSnappers
Seen in 32 records, mostly May to Oct.
Blue-green damselfish Chromis viridis
Seen in 31 records, mostly May to Oct.
Red Sea bannerfish Heniochus intermedius
Seen in 31 records, mostly May to Oct.
Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: Programme CROMIS: carnet de plongée en ligne de la FFESSM-Observations d'espèces subaquatiques collectées par les utilisateurs de CROMIS; Programme BioObs: observations naturalistes en milieux aquatiques-Observations de BioObs.; iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; NABU|naturgucker. Credits
This week's visibility and the current no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.