Magawish Hotel, Egypt

The wind comes from West to Northeast. These directions will be accelerated by thermal winds from the desert, keep that in mind when looking at forecasts (with these wind directions add 1-2 Bft). If 5 Bft is forecasted, you'll be loaded on an 8 meter kite. Other directions never occur and if, then normally without kiteabke wind. During summer, the wind blows almost daily, in winter time there can be weeks without wind. In winter, the wind usually starts offshore and swings round around noon, swinging back in the afternoon. In summer, it's mostly blowing sideshore all day. You don't have to mind offshore winds, there is a really good rescue service picking you up if you don't manage to get back on your own.

During summer, it's above 40°C air and around 30°C water. Shorts/bikini kiting from late April to October. During winter, a shorty or short arm wetsuit will be necessary, water will still be above 20°C and air will be in the mid-twenties. The sun is shining every single day, all year long. If a small cloud accidentally blocks direct sunlight for more than ten minutes, locals call it a cloudy day.

This spot offers two possibilities to kitesurf. Experienced riders can go out right in front of the center, where the water will be deep a few meters from the beach and one will be facing a reef downwind, so staying upwind is a must. A few hundred meters offshore, there is a sandbar sticking out with a big shallow area with beautiful waters in all shades of blue. Beginners will find a big shallow lagoon after a few hundred meters walk. The water is quite salty, it takes a day or two to adjust to that. There are lots of diving boats cruising around and jumping close to them (preferably behind them) will earn you big cheers from the divers, that can be quite funny. Due to corals outside at parts of the sandbar and downwind from the center shoes for not experienced riders are a good option.