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Near Ras Peter. Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Ras Peter

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

92Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Sea: flat, Visibility over 30 m, Water 27 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 93 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
2kn
Air
34°C

Tue 3 · 92 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
34°C

Wed 4 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
31°C

Thu 5 · 92 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 91 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
3knboats in
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 91 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
26°C

Sun 8 · 91 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
25°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 293, good
  2. Tue 392, good
  3. Wed 490, good
  4. Thu 592, good
  5. Fri 691, good
  6. Sat 791, good
  7. Sun 891, good
  8. Mon 991, good
  9. Tue 1091, good
  10. Wed 1192, 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 SEswell 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 Ras Peter
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov93, good0.1 mflat1 kn2kn34°C
Tue 3Nov92, good0.2 mflat2 kn4kn34°C
Wed 4Nov90, good0.3 m2 kn8kn31°C
Thu 5Nov92, good0.2 mflat1 kn9kn29°C
Fri 6Nov91, good0.2 mflat1 kn3knboats in28°C
Sat 7Nov91, good0.2 mflat3 kn6kn26°C
Sun 8Nov91, good0.3 m1 kn11kn25°C
Mon 9Nov91, good0.3 m2 kn14kn27°C
Tue 10Nov91, good0.3 m2 kn9kn28°C
Wed 11Nov92, good0.2 mflat2 kn12kn26°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 05:33 −0.4 mHigh 12:15 +0.2 mLow 18:31 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:41 +0.1 mLow 06:51 −0.3 mHigh 13:27 +0.2 mLow 19:49 −0.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 01:58 +0.2 mLow 08:04 −0.3 mHigh 14:31 +0.3 mLow 20:54 −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.

Map

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Photos of Ras Peter

Sharm El-Sheikh - Coral Bay - panoramio - Francesco Lo Bello
Near Ras Peter. Photo: Francesco Lo Bello, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sharm El-Sheikh - Coral Bay - panoramio
Near Ras Peter. Photo: Francesco Lo Bello, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Ras Peter

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 SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. 13 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.8 km away. The sea is about 23°C in February, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 30°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Sharm El Sheikh. 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 13 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 1.8 km away.

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

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

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

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: Sharm El Sheikh

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Closest

Sharm El Sheikh

about 15 min by car · 123 places to stay

about US$20/nightcountry average

See 123 places to stay in Sharm El Sheikh · Booking.com

About Sharm El Sheikh 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 21h 25m

About 21h 25m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SSH, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 30 min by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

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

Animals divers and surveys have recorded within 2 km of this site in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it here, not that you will.

  • Bluespotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii

    Seen in 4 records.

  • Bigeye emperor Monotaxis grandoculis

    Seen in 4 records.

  • Devil firefish Pterois miles

    Seen in 4 records.

  • Indo-Pacific sergeant Abudefduf vaigiensis

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Lunar fusilier Caesio lunaris

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Clown coris Coris aygula

    Seen in 3 records.

  • Red Sea bannerfish Heniochus intermedius

    Seen in 3 records.

Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: NABU|naturgucker; iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; IndOBIS Dataset (93630-103790). Credits

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