🇪🇬 Wadi el Gemal
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Best directionNNW
Wind speed18–28kt
SeasonApr – Oct
Skill levelIntermediate
WaterFlat lagoon + reef
Ridden forKitesurfing
A protected national park on Egypt's deep southern coast, its lagoons and mangroves rarely touched by more than a handful of kiters a day.
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Getting thereAbout 1h15 south of Marsa Alam Airport (RMF) in Egypt's southern Red Sea, near Hamata and inside the Wadi El Gemal National Park boundary…
HazardsA genuinely low-risk lagoon by Red Sea standards — 3km long at high tide, sandy bottom throughout, and shoulder-deep at most. The real consideration is…
Best time of daySeptember to June — notably the opposite pattern from the Hurghada-area spots further north, and wind here fills in earlier in the day. Expect a light 12-15kt…
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