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Шарм-Эль-Шейх. Декабрь 2010 - panoramio (25)
Ras Murat. Photo: Alexander Berezhnoy, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Ras Murat

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

80Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
32°C

Tue 3 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
32°C

Wed 4 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
27knboats in
Air
30°C

Thu 5 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
30°C

Fri 6 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
26°C

Sun 8 · 79 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
24°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 179, good
  2. Mon 281, good
  3. Tue 380, good
  4. Wed 472, good
  5. Thu 581, good
  6. Fri 680, good
  7. Sat 781, good
  8. Sun 879, good
  9. Mon 975, good
  10. Tue 1072, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 25 mits deepest
  • From a boathow 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 Ras Murat
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov79, good0.1 mflat4 kn6kn29°C
Mon 2Nov81, good0.1 mflat5 kn11kn32°C
Tue 3Nov80, good0.2 mflat7 kn15kn32°C
Wed 4Nov72, good0.3 m16 kn27knboats in30°C
Thu 5Nov81, good0.1 mflat5 kn18kn30°C
Fri 6Nov80, good0.1 mflat7 kn17kn28°C
Sat 7Nov81, good0.1 mflat4 kn15kn26°C
Sun 8Nov79, good0.2 mflat11 kn22kn24°C
Mon 9Nov75, good0.4 m13 kn24kn24°C
Tue 10Nov72, good0.4 m16 kn28knboats in24°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 04:23 −0.4 mHigh 11:06 +0.2 mLow 17:07 −0.3 mHigh 23:21 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 05:38 −0.4 mHigh 12:21 +0.2 mLow 18:34 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:45 +0.1 mLow 06:58 −0.3 mHigh 13:33 +0.2 mLow 19:54 −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 Ras Murat

SHARM EL-SHEIKH. - panoramio (1)
Near Ras Murat. Photo: ARKADIUSZ MARKIEWICZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Ras Murat

A reef dive. It goes down to 25 m. You get in from a boat. 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. 6 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.6 km away. The sea is about 23°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Sharm El Sheikh. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 14 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 25 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 6 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.6 km away.

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

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep (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: Sharm El Sheikh

Closest

Sharm El Sheikh

30 min by car · 123 places to stay

about US$20/nightcountry average

See 123 places to stay in Sharm El Sheikh · Booking.com

About Sharm El Sheikh 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 21h 25m

About 21h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SSH, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 30 min by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Diving Center 1.6 km

  • PADI Diving center 7.8 km

  • Extra Divers Ras Nasrani 8.0 km

  • Umbi Diving Village 11 km

  • جولد ستارز دايفنج سنتر 12 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.