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Near El Fanadir Dacht Dacht, 2 km away. Photo: lienyuan lee, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

El Fanadir Dacht Dacht

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

80Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Sea: flat, Visibility about 20 m, Water 27 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
27°C

Tue 3 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
12 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
26°C

Fri 6 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
26°C

Sat 7 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
25°C

Sun 8 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
23°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 178, good
  2. Mon 283, good
  3. Tue 380, good
  4. Wed 481, good
  5. Thu 581, good
  6. Fri 677, good
  7. Sat 776, good
  8. Sun 873, good
  9. Mon 972, good
  10. Tue 1075, good

The site in four facts

  • Down to 20 mits deepest
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 27 °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.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at El Fanadir Dacht Dacht
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov78, good0.1 mflat2 kn7kn26°C
Mon 2Nov83, good0.1 mflat5 kn8kn27°C
Tue 3Nov80, good0.3 m12 kn15kn28°C
Wed 4Nov81, good0.2 mflat9 kn11kn28°C
Thu 5Nov81, good0.2 mflat9 kn18kn26°C
Fri 6Nov77, good0.4 m14 kn20kn26°C
Sat 7Nov76, good0.3 m14 kn20kn25°C
Sun 8Nov73, good0.4 m16 kn24kn23°C
Mon 9Nov72, good0.5 m17 kn24kn22°C
Tue 10Nov75, good0.4 m15 kn22kn23°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

  • Sun 1 NovLow 04:16 −0.4 mHigh 10:52 +0.2 mLow 17:05 −0.3 mHigh 23:14 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 05:27 −0.4 mHigh 12:06 +0.2 mLow 18:24 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:35 +0.1 mLow 06:44 −0.3 mHigh 13:19 +0.2 mLow 19:41 −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.

Map

the site, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of El Fanadir Dacht Dacht

El-Bahr, Qesm Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt - panoramio
Near El Fanadir Dacht Dacht, 2 km away. Photo: Anton Nikiforov, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Hilton harbour - panoramio
Near El Fanadir Dacht Dacht, 2 km away. Photo: Anton Nikiforov, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beach, Hilton Hurghada Plaza, New Year, 2010-2011 - panoramio (6)
Near El Fanadir Dacht Dacht, 2 km away. Photo: anagh, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About El Fanadir Dacht Dacht

It goes down to 20 m. 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. 12 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 2.2 km away. The sea is about 23°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Hurghada. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 11 dive sites.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep Down to 20 m.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 12 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 2.2 km away.

Water about 27°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 20 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Apr, May, Jun, Jul and Aug (about 20 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$791–US$1,600 each

about US$791–US$1,600 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, 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 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to SSH, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$663–US$1,380
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$27–US$40
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$47–US$80
Food7 days eating outabout US$54–US$100
Totalabout US$791–US$1,600

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: Hurghada

Closest

Hurghada

5 min by car · 74 places to stay

about US$20/nightcountry average

See 74 places to stay in Hurghada · Booking.com

About Hurghada its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$20 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 22h 55m

About 22h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SSH, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 2h by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Subex Hurghada 2.2 km

  • Subex Hurghada Club House 2.2 km

  • Redsea-Divers Annette und Robbi Tauchbasis 3.6 km

  • Blue Water Dive Resort 4.1 km

  • Tauchen unter Freunden 6.3 km

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 15 m, greener than usual (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.