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Temple. Photo: Nikolai Bakhmarov, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Temple

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

92Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 93 out of 100

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

Tue 3 · 92 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
29°C

Wed 4 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 93 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
30°C

Fri 6 · 92 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 91 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 92 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
25°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 189, good
  2. Mon 293, good
  3. Tue 392, good
  4. Wed 490, good
  5. Thu 593, good
  6. Fri 692, good
  7. Sat 791, good
  8. Sun 892, good
  9. Mon 991, good
  10. Tue 1091, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 20 mits deepest
  • From a boathow 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 Temple
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov89, good0.1 mflat3 kn9kn29°C
Mon 2Nov93, good0.1 mflat2 kn4kn29°C
Tue 3Nov92, good0.1 mflat3 kn5kn29°C
Wed 4Nov90, good0.3 m9 kn11kn29°C
Thu 5Nov93, good0.1 mflat3 kn11kn30°C
Fri 6Nov92, good0.2 mflat1 kn6kn28°C
Sat 7Nov91, good0.2 mflat5 kn9kn27°C
Sun 8Nov92, good0.3 m2 kn10kn25°C
Mon 9Nov91, good0.3 m1 kn19kn24°C
Tue 10Nov91, good0.3 m6 kn19kn24°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 04:20 −0.4 mHigh 11:00 +0.2 mLow 17:07 −0.3 mHigh 23:17 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 05:33 −0.4 mHigh 12:15 +0.2 mLow 18:31 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:41 +0.1 mLow 06:51 −0.3 mHigh 13:27 +0.2 mLow 19:49 −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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One finger scrolls the page; two fingers move the map. Pins are our own positions. Map OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Photos of Temple

Fanara Beach - panoramio
Photo: Ralf Houven, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beach Gazebo at Ras Um Sid Bay
Photo: Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Das Rote Meer - panoramio
Photo: Ralf Houven, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

5 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Temple

A pinnacle 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 SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. 15 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.3 km away. The sea is about 23°C in February, 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 10 dive sites.

  • What it is Pinnacle.
  • 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 15 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.3 km away.

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

Visibility over 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in 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).

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

14 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

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.