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Sahl Hasheesh, the nearest town, 4 km away. Photo: Marc Ryckaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Hurghada Sahl Hasheesh

Kitesurf spot · Egypt

Is it worth the trip?

69Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: 16 kn gusting 20, cross-offshore, Water: waves 0.8 m

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 90 out of 100

Wind
NNW 16 kn
Gusts
20kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
30°C

Wed 4 · 84 out of 100

Wind
NNW 18 kn
Gusts
22kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
31°C

Thu 5 · 49 out of 100

Wind
N 11 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
chop
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 51 out of 100

Wind
NNE 12 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
26°C

Sat 7 · 75 out of 100

Wind
N 14 kn
Gusts
19kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
0.8 mwaves
Air
25°C

Sun 8 · 48 out of 100

Wind
NNW 17 kn
Gusts
25kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
1.1 mwaves
Air
24°C

Mon 9 · 46 out of 100

Wind
NNW 16 kn
Gusts
28kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
1.0 mwaves
Air
24°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 20, poor
  2. Tue 390, good
  3. Wed 484, good
  4. Thu 549, fair
  5. Fri 651, fair
  6. Sat 775, good
  7. Sun 848, fair
  8. Mon 946, fair
  9. Tue 1048, fair
  10. Wed 1173, good

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Eopen to the E
  • Best wind: S or Nalong the shore
  • Avoid: Wblows out to sea
  • Water 27 °Cno wetsuit
  • Best Jun, Aug–Sep2 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Hurghada Sahl Hasheesh
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 7 knots10knoffnot safechop29°C
Tue 3Nov90, goodwind from the north-north-west, 16 knots20kncross-off0.8 mwaves30°C
Wed 4Nov84, goodwind from the north-north-west, 18 knots22kncross-off0.8 mwaves31°C
Thu 5Nov49, fairwind from the north, 11 knots16kncross-offchop28°C
Fri 6Nov51, fairwind from the north-north-east, 12 knots16knsidechop26°C
Sat 7Nov75, goodwind from the north, 14 knots19kncross-off0.8 mwaves25°C
Sun 8Nov48, fairwind from the north-north-west, 17 knots25kncross-off1.1 mwaves24°C
Mon 9Nov46, fairwind from the north-north-west, 16 knots28kncross-off1.0 mwaves24°C
Tue 10Nov48, fairwind from the north-north-west, 17 knots27kncross-off1.1 mwaves24°C
Wed 11Nov73, goodwind from the north, 14 knots26kncross-off1.0 mwaves25°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

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 Jun, Aug–Sep

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. Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May1of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug2of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep2of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct1of 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

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Hurghada Sahl Hasheesh

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. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 53). 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 expert level the best months are usually June, August and September, with about 2 good days in 7; in January, November and December, about 0. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Sahl Hasheesh. Within 5 km we also list 2 dive sites.

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$792–US$1,600 each

about US$792–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 2 November 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$664–US$1,380
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$27–US$40
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$47–US$81
Food7 days eating outabout US$54–US$101
Totalabout US$792–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: Sahl Hasheesh

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Closest

Sahl Hasheesh

about 10 min by car · 10 places to stay

about US$20/nightcountry average

See 10 places to stay in Sahl Hasheesh · Booking.com

About Sahl Hasheesh 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 23h 15m

About 23h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SSH, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 2h 20m by road

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