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Police Station

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

84Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
27°C

Fri 6 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
26°C

Sat 7 · 83 out of 100

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

Sun 8 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
15 kn
Gusts
25kn
Air
24°C

Mon 9 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
25°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 290, good
  2. Tue 382, good
  3. Wed 483, good
  4. Thu 586, good
  5. Fri 686, good
  6. Sat 783, good
  7. Sun 880, good
  8. Mon 983, good
  9. Tue 1078, good
  10. Wed 1183, 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 SEswell 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 Police Station
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov90, good0.0 mflat2 kn5kn28°C
Tue 3Nov82, good0.3 m13 kn19kn28°C
Wed 4Nov83, good0.3 m13 kn17kn29°C
Thu 5Nov86, good0.2 mflat11 kn16kn27°C
Fri 6Nov86, good0.2 mflat11 kn17kn26°C
Sat 7Nov83, good0.3 m13 kn20kn25°C
Sun 8Nov80, good0.4 m15 kn25kn24°C
Mon 9Nov83, good0.4 m11 kn23kn25°C
Tue 10Nov78, good0.4 m16 kn26kn24°C
Wed 11Nov83, good0.4 m12 kn25kn24°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

  • Mon 2 NovLow 05:28 −0.4 mHigh 12:07 +0.2 mLow 18:25 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:36 +0.1 mLow 06:47 −0.3 mHigh 13:20 +0.2 mLow 19:41 −0.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 01:54 +0.2 mLow 08:01 −0.3 mHigh 14:26 +0.2 mLow 20:47 −0.4 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

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Photos of Police Station

Giftun island
Near Police Station. Photo: KatjaaM, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Barriera corallina a Mahmya - panoramio
Near Police Station. Photo: patano, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sand "castel" - panoramio
Near Police Station, 1 km away. Photo: Paul IJpelaar, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Police Station

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 SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 11 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 Sahl Hasheesh. Within 5 km we also list 18 dive sites.

  • 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 11 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 Jun, 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$792–US$1,600 each

about US$792–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 2 November 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$664–US$1,380
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$27–US$40
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$47–US$81
Food7 days eating outabout US$54–US$101
Totalabout US$792–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: Sahl Hasheesh

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Closest

Sahl Hasheesh

about 30 min by car · 10 places to stay

about US$20/nightcountry average

See 10 places to stay in Sahl Hasheesh · Booking.com

About Sahl Hasheesh 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 2 November 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

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

Animals divers and surveys have recorded within 2 km of this site in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it here, not that you will.

  • Bluespotted ribbontail ray Taeniura lymmaRay

    Seen in 5 records.

  • Giant moray Gymnothorax javanicus

    Seen in 7 records.

  • Red Sea clownfish Amphiprion bicinctus

    Seen in 5 records.

  • Dascyllus abudafurDamselfishes

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Threespot dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Naso elegansTangs

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Warty bushcoral Pocillopora verrucosa

    Seen in 3 records.

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; iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Credits

This week's visibility and the current no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.