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Hamata, the nearest town, 9 km away. Photo: Accurimbono, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Shabrour Lahmi

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

84Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
31°C

Tue 3 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
33°C

Wed 4 · 77 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
15 kn
Gusts
25knboats in
Air
31°C

Thu 5 · 79 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
30°C

Fri 6 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
29°C

Sat 7 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
28°C

Sun 8 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
22kn
Air
27°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 286, good
  2. Tue 386, good
  3. Wed 477, good
  4. Thu 579, good
  5. Fri 686, good
  6. Sat 784, good
  7. Sun 880, good
  8. Mon 975, good
  9. Tue 1047, fair
  10. Wed 1172, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 25 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 28 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces NEswell 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 Shabrour Lahmi
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov86, good0.1 mflat7 kn14kn31°C
Tue 3Nov86, good0.1 mflat9 kn14kn33°C
Wed 4Nov77, good0.5 m15 kn25knboats in31°C
Thu 5Nov79, good0.5 m14 kn23kn30°C
Fri 6Nov86, good0.2 mflat6 kn19kn29°C
Sat 7Nov84, good0.3 m10 kn21kn28°C
Sun 8Nov80, good0.4 m14 kn22kn27°C
Mon 9Nov75, good0.5 m17 kn25knboats in25°C
Tue 10Nov47, fair0.6 m20 kn29knboats in26°C
Wed 11Nov72, good0.6 m18 kn28knboats in26°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 05:47 −0.3 mHigh 12:19 +0.1 mLow 18:43 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:47 +0.1 mLow 07:11 −0.3 mHigh 13:33 +0.2 mLow 20:00 −0.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 02:04 +0.1 mLow 08:24 −0.3 mHigh 14:36 +0.2 mLow 21:03 −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.

Best time to go

No month stands out

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

  1. Jan7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb7of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar6of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct7of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov7of 7: a trip from Tue 3 Nov
  12. Dec7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast: the sea and the mean wind of each day, with no gusts or rain in the history.

Map

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 Shabrour Lahmi

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 NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. 5 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 2.2 km away. The sea is about 24°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 31°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Hamata. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots and 5 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 5 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 2.2 km away.

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

Visibility about 25 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (about 25 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$805–US$1,630 each

about US$805–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 2 November 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$678–US$1,410
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$805–US$1,630

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: Hamata

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Closest

Hamata

about 20 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, 9 km. We have not checked places to stay in Hamata yet. The nearest beds we have counted are in Marsa Alam, 109 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 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 24h 15m

About 24h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → RMF, changing at Zürich Airport (ZRH), then 3h 10m 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

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

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