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Windsurfing in Egypt
Egypt has become a major windsurfing destination, with both easy lagoon surfing for beginners, and challenging off-shore waves for the more experienced.
Whichever camp you fall in to, there are plenty of resorts to choose from in Egypt. And, from pyramids to nightclubs, you’ll find there is much to enjoy away from the water too.
Here’s our top windsurfing locations in Egypt:
Dahab
Once the preserve of backpackers and hippies, Dahab has begun to change and now combines its famed laid-back vibe with some upscale resort hotels and a thriving watersports scene. Its shallow, sheltered lagoon is fantastic for beginners who want to try out windsurfing safely. Intermediates can venture further out into the bay for safe, flat waters with faster winds, while the advanced can test their skills on the open sea, where waves swell up to 3m.
Hurghada
Hurghada is one of the biggest of the Red Sea resorts with plenty of top-quality hotels right on the beach. It attracts a mix of sunbathers, scuba divers, kitesurfers and windsurfers. It’s a particularly good resort for beginners, with a large lagoon offering an easy introduction to the sport. It boats several kilometres of coast for advanced surfers to explore. Winds are strongest in the summer months, reaching up to 25 knots.
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Dahab
Once the preserve of backpackers and hippies, Dahab has begun to change and now combines its famed laid-back vibe with some upscale resort hotels and a thriving watersports scene. Its shallow, sheltered lagoon is fantastic for beginners who want to try out windsurfing safely. Intermediates can venture further out into the bay for safe, flat waters with faster winds, while the advanced can test their skills on the open sea, where waves swell up to 3m.
Safaga
Safaga has a large beach and plenty of space in its flat-water lagoon for beginners to get acquainted with their sails. It is probably one of the best resorts in Egypt for new surfers, with reliable but gentle winds and no worries about having to share lagoon space with swimmers and kitesurfers.
Intermediate and advanced surfers will find some good slalom and freestyle conditions, and can find some swell outside the bay. Safaga is a good choice for mixed-ability groups. It’s a small resort with only a handful of hotels and a traditional Egyptian town away from the beach.
Soma Bay
This is a fairly new resort, which provides great conditions for windsurfers of all levels. The setting is stunning, with nothing to see but azure sea and white sand. There are two bays separated by a sand spit, both with the flat water that beginners and freestylers love. The more advanced can head out of the bay to find some decent sized waves.
El Gouna
A unique, purpose-built resort made up of a series of interlinked islands, it’s a permanent home for an international community of 10,000. It is one of Egypt’s most attractive and unusual holiday destinations, a self-sufficient town that aims to be as environmentally friendly as possible.
El Gouna makes a wonderful getaway, and a wonderful place to windsurf too. There is a reliable cross-shore wind which should keep the more advanced happy, and a nice shallow lagoon area for beginners to get their sea legs. There is a good, but not raucous, nightlife with plenty of bars and restaurants, and just about any other activity you can imagine available either in the town or close by.
More information: http://sport.gis-travel.com/index.php/en/windsurfing.html
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