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Nuweiba, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Nuweiba

Kitesurf spot · Egypt

Is it worth the trip?

0Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Every day scores the same

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 3 kn
Gusts
9kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
28°C

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NW 8 kn
Gusts
13kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
29°C

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 7 kn
Gusts
12kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
27°C

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NNW 5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
side
Water
flat
Air
26°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NW 7 kn
Gusts
11kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
25°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NW 8 kn
Gusts
16kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
24°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
NW 10 kn
Gusts
17kn
Shore
cross-off
Water
flat
Air
23°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 923, poor
  10. Tue 100, poor

The spot in five facts

  • Faces Eopen to the E
  • Best wind: S or Nalong the shore
  • Avoid: Wblows out to sea
  • Water 25 °Cno wetsuit
  • Best in Sep2 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number
Wind forecast and score for each day at Nuweiba
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 4 knots11kncross-offflat27°C
Mon 2Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 3 knots9knsideflat28°C
Tue 3Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 8 knots13kncross-offflat29°C
Wed 4Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 7 knots12knsideflat27°C
Thu 5Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 5 knots11knsideflat26°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 7 knots11kncross-offflat25°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 8 knots16kncross-offflat24°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the north-west, 10 knots17kncross-offflat23°C
Mon 9Nov23, poorwind from the north-east, 12 knots18knside-onchop22°C
Tue 10Nov0, poorwind from the north-north-west, 11 knots17knsidechop23°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

  • Sun 1 NovLow 04:24 −0.4 mHigh 11:11 +0.2 mLow 17:16 −0.3 mHigh 23:19 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 05:45 −0.4 mHigh 12:29 +0.2 mLow 18:51 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:46 +0.1 mLow 07:10 −0.4 mHigh 13:42 +0.2 mLow 20:10 −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 in Sep

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. 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. Jun1of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul1of 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. Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 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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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Nuweiba

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 25°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. The sea floor shelves steeply: 10 m deep about 100 m out (1 in 11). The sea is about 22°C in January, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 28°C in August, its warmest (no wetsuit). For kitesurfing at intermediate level the best month is usually September, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Nuweiba. 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$784–US$1,590 each

about US$784–US$1,590 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 AQJ, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$657–US$1,370
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$784–US$1,590

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: Nuweiba

Closest

Nuweiba

3 min by car · 19 places to stay

about US$20/nightcountry average

See 19 places to stay in Nuweiba · Booking.com

About Nuweiba 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 20m

About 22h 20m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → AQJ, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 1h 35m by road

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