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El Gouna, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

El Gouna Mangroovy

Kitesurf spot · Egypt

Is it worth the trip?

27Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Wed 4: 16 kn gusting 29, side-shore, Water: flat

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 14 out of 100

Wind
N 12 kn
Gusts
24kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
32°C

Wed 4 · 33 out of 100

Wind
NNW 16 kn
Gusts
29kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
33°C

Thu 5 · 17 out of 100

Wind
NNE 13 kn
Gusts
24kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 29 out of 100

Wind
N 14 kn
Gusts
27kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 20 out of 100

Wind
NNW 13 kn
Gusts
24kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 28 out of 100

Wind
NNW 14 kn
Gusts
27kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
26°C

Mon 9 · 26 out of 100

Wind
NNW 14 kn
Gusts
26kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
25°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 20, poor
  2. Tue 322, poor
  3. Wed 450, fair
  4. Thu 526, poor
  5. Fri 643, poor
  6. Sat 730, poor
  7. Sun 843, poor
  8. Mon 938, poor
  9. Tue 100, poor

The spot in six facts

  • Faces Eopen to the E
  • Best wind: S or Nalong the shore
  • Avoid: Wblows out to sea
  • Shelteredto the swell
  • Water 27 °Cno wetsuit
  • Best May–Jul1 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at El Gouna Mangroovy
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the west, 5 knots10knoffnot safeflat32°C
Tue 3Nov22, poorwind from the north, 12 knots24knsideflat32°C
Wed 4Nov50, fairwind from the north-north-west, 16 knots29knsideflat33°C
Thu 5Nov26, poorwind from the north-north-east, 13 knots24knsideflat29°C
Fri 6Nov43, poorwind from the north, 14 knots27knsidechop27°C
Sat 7Nov30, poorwind from the north-north-west, 13 knots24knsidechop27°C
Sun 8Nov43, poorwind from the north-north-west, 14 knots27knsidechop26°C
Mon 9Nov38, poorwind from the north-north-west, 14 knots26knsidechop25°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the west-north-west, 14 knots25knoffnot safechop25°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Tide

  • Mon 2 NovLow 05:23 −0.4 mHigh 12:03 +0.2 mLow 18:23 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:31 +0.1 mLow 06:37 −0.3 mHigh 13:15 +0.2 mLow 19:38 −0.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 01:48 +0.1 mLow 07:49 −0.3 mHigh 14:21 +0.3 mLow 20:45 −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. 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

best May–Jul

Good kitesurf days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb0of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar0of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug0of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep0of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov0of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot 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 El Gouna Mangroovy

Known for kitesurfing and windsurfing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. The shore faces E, so wind from the W blows out to sea (our estimate from the coastline).

Water about 27°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

A spot for kitesurfing and windsurfing, as OpenStreetMap maps it, on a shore facing E. Wind from the E blows onshore, wind from the W blows out to sea, and wind from the S or N runs along the shore. It is sheltered to the open sea. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 12.5 km out (1 in 1250). The sea is about 23°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 29°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best months are usually May, June and July, with about 1 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is El Gouna. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots and 1 dive site.

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

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: El Gouna

Closest

El Gouna

3 min by car · 40 places to stay

about US$20/nightcountry average

See 40 places to stay in El Gouna · Booking.com

About El Gouna 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 22h 50m

About 22h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SSH, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 1h 55m by road

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