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Sharm Coraya

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

85Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 2: Sea: flat, Visibility about 25 m, Water 27 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
28°C

Tue 3 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 85 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
27°C

Fri 6 · 86 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
25°C

Sat 7 · 84 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
11 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
25°C

Sun 8 · 78 out of 100

Sea
0.6 m
Wind
14 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
24°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 186, good
  2. Mon 289, good
  3. Tue 387, good
  4. Wed 480, good
  5. Thu 585, good
  6. Fri 686, good
  7. Sat 784, good
  8. Sun 878, good
  9. Mon 972, good
  10. Tue 1069, 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 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 Sharm Coraya
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov86, good0.2 mflat7 kn11kn26°C
Mon 2Nov89, good0.2 mflat6 kn10kn28°C
Tue 3Nov87, good0.1 mflat11 kn15kn28°C
Wed 4Nov80, good0.5 m10 kn14kn28°C
Thu 5Nov85, good0.4 m6 kn18kn27°C
Fri 6Nov86, good0.3 m6 kn18kn25°C
Sat 7Nov84, good0.4 m11 kn19kn25°C
Sun 8Nov78, good0.6 m14 kn21kn24°C
Mon 9Nov72, good0.7 m16 kn21kn24°C
Tue 10Nov69, good0.7 m16 kn23kn24°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 04:14 −0.4 mHigh 10:52 +0.2 mLow 17:04 −0.3 mHigh 23:12 +0.1 m
  • Mon 2 NovLow 05:30 −0.4 mHigh 12:10 +0.2 mLow 18:28 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:39 +0.1 mLow 06:52 −0.3 mHigh 13:24 +0.2 mLow 19:46 −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 Mon 2 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, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Sharm Coraya

Сумерки - panoramio (1)
Photo: z-pinch, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Jacek Lesniowski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Sharm Coraya

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. 7 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away. The sea is about 23°C in January, 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 Port Ghalib. Within 5 km we also list 7 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 7 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away.

Water about 27°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 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).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$804–US$1,630 each

about US$804–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 30 October 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$677–US$1,410
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$804–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: Port Ghalib

Closest

Port Ghalib

16 min by car · 11 places to stay

about US$20/nightcountry average

See 11 places to stay in Port Ghalib · Booking.com

About Port Ghalib 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 21h 30m

About 21h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → RMF, changing at Zürich Airport (ZRH), then 25 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

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 25 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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