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Near Fleck Reef, 1 km away. Photo: gian luca bucci, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Fleck Reef

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

85Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Sea: flat, Visibility about 25 m, Water 27 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
30°C

Tue 3 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
32°C

Wed 4 · 78 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
19knboats in
Air
31°C

Thu 5 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
30°C

Fri 6 · 86 out of 100

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

Sat 7 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
25°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 186, good
  2. Mon 287, good
  3. Tue 386, good
  4. Wed 478, good
  5. Thu 584, good
  6. Fri 686, good
  7. Sat 784, good
  8. Sun 880, good
  9. Mon 972, good
  10. Tue 1068, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 25 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 27 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces Eswell 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 Fleck Reef
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov86, good0.3 m7 kn11kn28°C
Mon 2Nov87, good0.1 mflat7 kn13kn30°C
Tue 3Nov86, good0.1 mflat6 kn10kn32°C
Wed 4Nov78, good0.5 m13 kn19knboats in31°C
Thu 5Nov84, good0.4 m7 kn20kn30°C
Fri 6Nov86, good0.2 mflat7 kn11kn28°C
Sat 7Nov84, good0.3 m10 kn15kn27°C
Sun 8Nov80, good0.5 m14 kn21kn25°C
Mon 9Nov72, good0.7 m15 kn23knboats in25°C
Tue 10Nov68, good0.7 m16 kn24knboats in25°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 04:25 −0.3 mHigh 10:56 +0.1 mLow 17:12 −0.3 mHigh 23:19 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 05:46 −0.3 mHigh 12:14 +0.1 mLow 18:37 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:43 +0.1 mLow 07:07 −0.3 mHigh 13:29 +0.2 mLow 19:53 −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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good diving days in a typical week, each month, for Advanced divers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov7of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Map

the site and its town

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

Dive site

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Fleck Reef

A reef dive. It goes down to 25 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 18 km away. The sea is about 23°C in February, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 31°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). No town nearby. Hamata, 38 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest place to stay we found: Badawia Marsa Alam Resort, Marsa `Alam, 10 km. Nearest beds: Marsa Alam, 63 km. Nearest airport: Marsa Alam International Airport (RMF), 125 km. Within 5 km we also list 1 dive site.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 25 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 18 km away.

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

Visibility about 25 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct (about 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$757–US$1,550 each

about US$757–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 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to RMF, estimated from distance and season, changing at ZRH, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$677–US$1,410
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$27–US$40
Food7 days eating outabout US$54–US$100
Totalabout US$757–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 63 km away

No town nearby

Hamata, 38 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest place to stay we found: Badawia Marsa Alam Resort, Marsa `Alam, 10 km. Nearest beds: Marsa Alam, 63 km. Nearest airport: Marsa Alam International Airport (RMF), 125 km.

See places to stay near Marsa Alam, 63 km away · Booking.com

Distances are straight lines: a site out at sea is reached by boat.

Getting there: about 23h 35m

About 23h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → RMF, changing at Zürich Airport (ZRH), then 2h 30m by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • TGI Diving 18 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 25 m, about usual for the month (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.