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Hamata, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Accurimbono, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Kite Village

Kitesurf spot · Egypt

Is it worth the trip?

82Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Wed 4: 18 kn gusting 28, side-shore, Water: chop

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 64 out of 100

Wind
NNW 13 kn
Gusts
22kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
31°C

Wed 4 · 100 out of 100

Wind
NNW 18 kn
Gusts
28kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
31°C

Thu 5 · 82 out of 100

Wind
N 14 kn
Gusts
24kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
30°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
W 2 kn
Gusts
6kn
Shore
offnot safe
Water
flat
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 82 out of 100

Wind
N 14 kn
Gusts
24kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 89 out of 100

Wind
N 16 kn
Gusts
26kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
27°C

Mon 9 · 93 out of 100

Wind
N 17 kn
Gusts
27kn
Shore
side
Water
chop
Air
26°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 222, poor
  2. Tue 364, good
  3. Wed 4100, good
  4. Thu 582, good
  5. Fri 60, poor
  6. Sat 782, good
  7. Sun 889, good
  8. Mon 993, good
  9. Tue 1092, good

The spot in five 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

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 Kite Village
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Mon 2Nov22, poorwind from the north-west, 11 knots17kncross-offflat30°C
Tue 3Nov64, goodwind from the north-north-west, 13 knots22knsideflat31°C
Wed 4Nov100, goodwind from the north-north-west, 18 knots28knsidechop31°C
Thu 5Nov82, goodwind from the north, 14 knots24knsidechop30°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the west, 2 knots6knoffnot safeflat29°C
Sat 7Nov82, goodwind from the north, 14 knots24knsidechop28°C
Sun 8Nov89, goodwind from the north, 16 knots26knsidechop27°C
Mon 9Nov93, goodwind from the north, 17 knots27knsidechop26°C
Tue 10Nov92, goodwind from the north, 16 knots27knsidechop26°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 05:48 −0.3 mHigh 12:19 +0.1 mLow 18:43 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:46 +0.1 mLow 07:11 −0.3 mHigh 13:32 +0.2 mLow 20:00 −0.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 02:03 +0.1 mLow 08:24 −0.3 mHigh 14:35 +0.2 mLow 21:02 −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

No month stands out

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

  1. Jan1of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr2of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May2of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun2of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul0of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug1of 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. Dec1of 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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More kitesurf near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Kite Village

Known for kitesurfing, 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, 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 steeply: 10 m deep about 150 m out (1 in 17). The sea is about 24°C in January, its coldest month (no wetsuit), and 31°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Hamata. Within 5 km we also list 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$804–US$1,630 each

about US$804–US$1,630 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 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
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$47–US$80
Food7 days eating outabout US$54–US$100
Totalabout US$804–US$1,630

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: Hamata

Closest

Hamata

about 5 min by car

about US$20/nightcountry average

See places to stay in Hamata · Booking.com

About Hamata its beds, food and every spot near it

Nearest town: Hamata, 3 km. We have not checked places to stay in Hamata yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Marsa Alam, 97 km away. Search before you plan on staying there.

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 24h 10m

About 24h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → RMF, changing at Zürich Airport (ZRH), then 3h 05m by road

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