🇪🇬 Soma Bay (7 Bft Kite House)
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Best directionNNW
Wind speed18–28kt
SeasonMar – Nov
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterFlat + chop
Ridden forKitesurfing
A desert peninsula resort south of Hurghada named, aptly, after the Beaufort scale — a long-running kite house here has built a reputation on how rarely the wind drops.
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Getting thereAbout 45 minutes south of Hurghada International Airport (HRG), within the secure Soma Bay peninsula enclave. Access is straightforward via resort shuttles or…
HazardsWind blows strictly offshore or side-offshore across the main flat-water lagoon spit — any gear malfunction drifts you into deep water fast. A safety rescue…
Best time of dayMorning through midday, as the Red Sea thermal engine drives steady northerly wind that peaks early before occasionally turning gusty in the…
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