Staying Home Sucks, home

Saint John North

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

87Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Sea: flat, Visibility about 30 m, Water 28 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 91 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
29°C

Wed 4 · 78 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
17 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 88 out of 100

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

Fri 6 · 92 out of 100

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

Sat 7 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
26°C

Mon 9 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
15 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
26°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 290, good
  2. Tue 391, good
  3. Wed 478, good
  4. Thu 588, good
  5. Fri 692, good
  6. Sat 784, good
  7. Sun 880, good
  8. Mon 982, good
  9. Tue 1083, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 25 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 28 °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 Saint John North
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov90, good0.1 mflat7 kn9kn28°C
Tue 3Nov91, good0.1 mflat4 kn6kn29°C
Wed 4Nov78, good0.4 m17 kn24kn29°C
Thu 5Nov88, good0.3 m8 kn12kn28°C
Fri 6Nov92, good0.1 mflat1 kn5kn27°C
Sat 7Nov84, good0.3 m14 kn20kn27°C
Sun 8Nov80, good0.4 m16 kn24kn26°C
Mon 9Nov82, good0.4 m15 kn24kn26°C
Tue 10Nov83, good0.4 m14 kn24kn25°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 05:42 −0.3 mHigh 12:23 +0.1 mLow 18:47 −0.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:49 +0.1 mLow 07:11 −0.3 mHigh 13:36 +0.1 mLow 20:07 −0.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 02:09 +0.1 mLow 08:27 −0.3 mHigh 14:39 +0.2 mLow 21:09 −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 Tue 3 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.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Saint John North

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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 24°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 32°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). No town nearby. Hamata, 99 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Marsa Alam, 199 km. Nearest airport: Prince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (YNB), 243 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 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

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).

Where to stay: nearest beds 199 km away

No town nearby

Hamata, 99 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Marsa Alam, 199 km. Nearest airport: Prince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (YNB), 243 km.

See places to stay near Marsa Alam, 199 km away · Booking.com

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

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