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Nuweiba, the nearest town, 13 km away. Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Wreck Nuweiba -40.0m

Dive site · Egypt

Advanced divers and up

Is it worth the trip?

89Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Sea: flat, Visibility about 30 m, Water 25 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
30°C

Wed 4 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
9 kn
Gusts
20kn
Air
27°C

Thu 5 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
27°C

Fri 6 · 91 out of 100

Sea
0.0 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
25°C

Sat 7 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
19kn
Air
23°C

Sun 8 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
23°C

Mon 9 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
10 kn
Gusts
23kn
Air
22°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 292, good
  2. Tue 390, good
  3. Wed 488, good
  4. Thu 589, good
  5. Fri 691, good
  6. Sat 790, good
  7. Sun 888, good
  8. Mon 987, good
  9. Tue 1086, good
  10. Wed 1187, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 40 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Advancedand up
  • Water 25 °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 Wreck Nuweiba -40.0m
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov92, good0.0 mflat1 kn6kn30°C
Tue 3Nov90, good0.0 mflat7 kn17kn30°C
Wed 4Nov88, good0.2 mflat9 kn20kn27°C
Thu 5Nov89, good0.1 mflat7 kn16kn27°C
Fri 6Nov91, good0.0 mflat3 kn15kn25°C
Sat 7Nov90, good0.1 mflat7 kn19kn23°C
Sun 8Nov88, good0.2 mflat6 kn21kn23°C
Mon 9Nov87, good0.3 m10 kn23kn22°C
Tue 10Nov86, good0.4 m10 kn23kn24°C
Wed 11Nov87, good0.3 m6 kn24kn25°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 05:46 −0.4 mHigh 12:33 +0.2 mLow 18:45 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 00:47 +0.1 mLow 07:09 −0.4 mHigh 13:45 +0.2 mLow 20:06 −0.3 m
  • Wed 4 NovHigh 02:04 +0.2 mLow 08:20 −0.4 mHigh 14:46 +0.3 mLow 21:09 −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

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About

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About Wreck Nuweiba -40.0m

A reef dive. It goes down to 40 m. You get in from the shore. 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 10 km, the nearest 44 km away. The sea is about 22°C in January, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 28°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Nuweiba.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 40 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 44 km away.

Water about 25°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 Aug and Sep (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$785–US$1,590 each

about US$785–US$1,590 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 AQJ, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$658–US$1,370
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$785–US$1,590

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: Nuweiba

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Closest

Nuweiba

about 25 min by car · 19 places to stay

about US$20/nightcountry average

See 19 places to stay in Nuweiba · Booking.com

About Nuweiba 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 22h 30m

About 22h 30m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → AQJ, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 1h 45m by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

No dive centre mapped within 25 km.

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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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