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Surnaka Island southside - panoramio
Near Sirnaka Island, 1 km away. Photo: schnaufa, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Sirnaka Island

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

83Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Sea: flat, Visibility about 20 m, Water 28 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
28°C

Tue 3 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
19 kn
Gusts
25kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 82 out of 100

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

Sun 8 · 77 out of 100

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

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 186, good
  2. Mon 285, good
  3. Tue 385, good
  4. Wed 473, good
  5. Thu 580, good
  6. Fri 686, good
  7. Sat 782, good
  8. Sun 877, good
  9. Mon 976, good
  10. Tue 1075, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 20 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 28 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces Sswell 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 Sirnaka Island
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov86, good0.2 mflat11 kn15kn27°C
Mon 2Nov85, good0.1 mflat9 kn12kn28°C
Tue 3Nov85, good0.1 mflat8 kn11kn28°C
Wed 4Nov73, good0.4 m19 kn25kn28°C
Thu 5Nov80, good0.3 m14 kn20kn28°C
Fri 6Nov86, good0.1 mflat6 kn11kn27°C
Sat 7Nov82, good0.3 m13 kn20kn27°C
Sun 8Nov77, good0.5 m16 kn24kn26°C
Mon 9Nov76, good0.6 m16 kn25kn26°C
Tue 10Nov75, good0.5 m17 kn25kn25°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 04:19 −0.3 mHigh 11:01 +0.1 mLow 17:12 −0.2 mHigh 23:22 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 05:46 −0.3 mHigh 12:21 +0.1 mLow 18:45 −0.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:50 +0.1 mLow 07:14 −0.3 mHigh 13:35 +0.1 mLow 20:04 −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 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 Sirnaka Island

A wreck dive. It goes down to 20 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N 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 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, 66 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Marsa Alam, 166 km. Nearest airport: Marsa Alam International Airport (RMF), 228 km. Within 5 km we also list 2 dive sites.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 20 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • 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 20 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (about 25 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 166 km away

No town nearby

Hamata, 66 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Marsa Alam, 166 km. Nearest airport: Marsa Alam International Airport (RMF), 228 km.

See places to stay near Marsa Alam, 166 km away · Booking.com

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

Getting there: about 25h 20m

About 25h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → RMF, changing at Zürich Airport (ZRH), then 4h 15m by road

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

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: 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.