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Dangerous Reef

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

88Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Sea: flat, Visibility about 30 m, Water 28 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 91 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
29°C

Wed 4 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
18 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
29°C

Thu 5 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
28°C

Fri 6 · 92 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
27°C

Sat 7 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
27°C

Sun 8 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
26°C

Mon 9 · 83 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
16 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
26°C

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

Forecast: next 9 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 290, good
  2. Tue 391, good
  3. Wed 480, good
  4. Thu 589, good
  5. Fri 692, good
  6. Sat 786, good
  7. Sun 882, good
  8. Mon 983, good
  9. Tue 1084, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 20 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 28 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces Eswell 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 Dangerous Reef
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov90, good0.1 mflat7 kn10kn28°C
Tue 3Nov91, good0.1 mflat3 kn5kn29°C
Wed 4Nov80, good0.5 m18 kn23kn29°C
Thu 5Nov89, good0.4 m9 kn12kn28°C
Fri 6Nov92, good0.1 mflat1 kn6kn27°C
Sat 7Nov86, good0.3 m14 kn19kn27°C
Sun 8Nov82, good0.4 m16 kn24kn26°C
Mon 9Nov83, good0.4 m16 kn23kn26°C
Tue 10Nov84, good0.4 m15 kn23kn25°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

  • Mon 2 NovLow 05:42 −0.3 mHigh 12:23 +0.1 mLow 18:46 −0.2 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:50 +0.1 mLow 07:09 −0.3 mHigh 13:36 +0.1 mLow 20:05 −0.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 02:10 +0.1 mLow 08:26 −0.3 mHigh 14:39 +0.2 mLow 21:08 −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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About

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About Dangerous Reef

A reef dive. It goes down to 20 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off. The sea is about 24°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 32°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). No town nearby. Hamata, 115 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Marsa Alam, 215 km. Nearest airport: Prince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (YNB), 242 km.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 20 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 50 km on the map: book a liveaboard or a boat from further off.

Water about 28°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Sep and Oct (over 30 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Where to stay: nearest beds 215 km away

No town nearby

Hamata, 115 km away, is the nearest town we list; we have not checked places to stay there. Nearest beds: Marsa Alam, 215 km. Nearest airport: Prince Abdulmohsen Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (YNB), 242 km.

See places to stay near Marsa Alam, 215 km away · Booking.com

Distances are straight lines: a site out at sea is reached by boat.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 50 km.

Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

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