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Aquanaut house reef

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

73Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Sea: flat, Visibility about 9 m, Water 27 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 76 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
31°C

Tue 3 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
31°C

Wed 4 · 73 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
8 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 71 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
26°C

Sun 8 · 68 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
13 kn
Gusts
23knboats in
Air
24°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 174, good
  2. Mon 276, good
  3. Tue 372, good
  4. Wed 473, good
  5. Thu 574, good
  6. Fri 671, good
  7. Sat 771, good
  8. Sun 868, good
  9. Mon 968, good
  10. Tue 1070, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 25 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 27 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces Nswell 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 Aquanaut house reef
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov74, good0.1 mflat2 kn9kn28°C
Mon 2Nov76, good0.0 mflat3 kn6kn31°C
Tue 3Nov72, good0.3 m10 kn18kn31°C
Wed 4Nov73, good0.2 mflat8 kn13kn29°C
Thu 5Nov74, good0.2 mflat6 kn24kn28°C
Fri 6Nov71, good0.4 m11 kn21kn27°C
Sat 7Nov71, good0.3 m11 kn23kn26°C
Sun 8Nov68, good0.4 m13 kn23knboats in24°C
Mon 9Nov68, good0.5 m13 kn28kn24°C
Tue 10Nov70, good0.4 m12 kn25kn24°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 04:16 −0.4 mHigh 10:52 +0.2 mLow 17:05 −0.3 mHigh 23:14 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 05:27 −0.4 mHigh 12:06 +0.2 mLow 18:24 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:35 +0.1 mLow 06:44 −0.3 mHigh 13:19 +0.2 mLow 19:41 −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.

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the site 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 Aquanaut house reef

A reef dive. It goes down to 25 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces N: swell from the N reaches it, and wind from the S blows out to sea. 14 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.4 km away. The sea is about 23°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Hurghada. Within 5 km we also list 1 wind sports spot and 9 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 25 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 14 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.4 km away.

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

Visibility about 9 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Mar, Apr and May (about 15 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: Hurghada

Closest

Hurghada

2 min by car · 74 places to stay

about US$20/nightcountry average

See 74 places to stay in Hurghada · Booking.com

About Hurghada 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 55m

About 22h 55m door to door from Chicago

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

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Subex Hurghada 0.4 km

  • Subex Hurghada Club House 0.4 km

  • Redsea-Divers Annette und Robbi Tauchbasis 3.0 km

  • Blue Water Dive Resort 3.6 km

  • Tauchen unter Freunden 5.2 km

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 8 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.

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