The report · Hurghada · Kite · May · 6 pages

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Red Sea, Egypt

Hurghada

KiteMay

66% of May days clear 12 kt for three daylight hours or more.

May sits outside the best months here. This report carries the record for May as it is, and no direction or session norm, because there is none to quote. Section 02 shows the year-by-year spread; section 06 shows which months to come instead.

01Hour-by-hour & month-by-month windrecord only02The month's own records03Stays, centres & kit04Per-launch tide notesno data05Shallows, coral & centre zones06Getting there, packing & best months07Sources, and their limits
Guide
Compiled by WindChaser
25 Sep 2026Record
2017 to 2026, hourly
Open-Meteo, ECMWF IFS HRES 9 kmNormals
2017 to 2026
Ten Mays
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Hour-by-hour & month-by-month wind

Rideable-day share by month, all three sports

Share of days with three or more daylight hours over each sport's threshold, counted from the record at 12 kt, Windsurf 13 kt and Wing 12 kt.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecKite556161636685778288705449Windsurf455655535880667682604339Wing556161636685778288705449

Blue fill scales with the share. Selected month outlined. Threshold per row: Kite 12 kt · Windsurf 13 kt · Wing 12 kt.

Where the wind sits, May

Share of daylight hours in each speed band, blue above the threshold.

4–7
8–11
12–15
16–19
20–23
24–27
28–31

Not drawn: 4% of daylight hours under 4 kt.

When in the day, May

Share of days over 12 kt at each daylight hour.

8am
9
10
11
12pm
1pm
2
3
4
5
6pm

Rideable hours, not all hours. Every wind figure in this report is the mean over hours above the threshold.

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May's own records

The month's own figures from ten Mays in the record, 2017 to 2026. Not the year's average.

Rideable days20 of 31Ten Mays in the record
Wind, rideable hours16 ktMean over daylight hours at 12 kt+
Air31.0°CMaximum
Hours over 12 kt7.0 a dayDaylight, all days averaged
BeforeApril63%19 rideable days in 30
Your monthMay66%20 rideable days in 31
AfterJune85%25 rideable days in 30

What the percentage hides. A month at 80% can be twenty-four steady days or three windy weeks broken by a dead front.

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Stays, centres & kit

Stays

Ibi and Friends Kiteclub Seahorse BayClub · On the spotRooms right on the spot at the kite club, a few steps from the lagoon.
Paradise Kitesurf Red SeaApartment · Walk to the lagoonStudios to six-person apartments within walking distance of the lagoon, arranged by the school.
AMC Royal Hotel & SpaHotel · 300 m to Paradise KitesurfBig beachfront hotel on the Al Ahyaa lagoon, on the spot by Kite School Egypt, with Paradise Kitesurf a short walk along the sand.
Bellagio Beach Resort & SpaResort · Kite Marine on siteResort on the Al Ahyaa road with the Kite Marine station on its own beach: instructors, rescue cover, rental kit and storage every day.
Golden Beach ResortResort · Kite Lagoon on siteResort at km 12 on the Al Ahyaa road with very shallow water off its beach, and Kite Lagoon’s school and kit storage on the hotel beach.
Three Corners Sunny Beach ResortResort · Next to Ibi and FriendsBeachfront resort on the Al Ahyaa lagoon, next to the Ibi and Friends kite centre at Seahorse Bay.

Lessons

Paradise Kitesurf Red SeaSchool · Kite · WingIKO-standard kite courses and wing foil lessons, with a rescue boat on standby.
Kite School EgyptSchool · KiteIKO instructors, next to the AMC Royal hotel. Lessons all year, plus kite safaris.
Ibi and Friends Kiteclub Seahorse BaySchool · KiteVDWS-certified kite centre on its own beach, for about 25 kiters.
Kite MarineSchool · Kite · IKOIKO-led school at the Bellagio Beach Resort station, with daily rescue cover, day trips to offshore spots and week-long kite safaris on a liveaboard.
Kite Lagoon HurghadaSchool · KiteSmall school on the Golden Beach Resort beach, teaching every level one to one, with help to launch and land.

Kit

Paradise Kitesurf Red SeaRental · Kite · WingKite rental and repair, storage, compressor and beach boys in the beach fee.
Kite School EgyptRental · KiteKite rental for intermediate to advanced riders who can stay upwind and self-rescue.
Ibi and Friends Kiteclub Seahorse BayRental · KiteKites, boards, wetsuits, helmets and impact vests by the day or week.
Kite MarineRental · Kite · WingKites, boards and wings to rent, and secure storage for riders’ own kit, at the Bellagio Beach Resort station, open 08:00 to 17:00.
Kite Lagoon HurghadaRental · KiteKites, boards and wetsuits to rent, and storage for riders’ own kit, on the Golden Beach Resort beach.

Price band $ to $$$ only where sourced; none shown means none held. Contact details and brands stocked join this table when the operator directory is connected.

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Per-launch tide notes

Al Ahyaa lagoon, centre beaches
Low—Mid—High—

The guides call the lagoon tide dependent: pools and very shallow patches at low tide, the flattest water too. Which state suits which level is unknown until tide data arrives.

Seahorse Bay
Low—Mid—High—

The club describes the spot as tide dependent, with the standing area changing with the water level. No tide data is held.

Tide data not yet available for this spot. The record holds wind, air and waves, not tide. Until a tide source is connected, the tables above stay empty rather than estimated. What the guide says about tide is on the next page, in words.

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Shallows, coral & centre zones

Every hazard on the spot page, repeated here in full. Read this before you get wet.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Centre zones and briefingThe CDWS audit protocol for water sports centres says the brochure centres give riders must cover using a flotation vest, which it calls mandatory for the activity, and staying within the area designated for the activity and shown on the map. Centres must also advise riders on the locations of reefs and rocks to avoid. Use your centre's launch area and zones and ask for the briefing.
Protected coral reefPrime Minister's Decree No. 4419 of 2025 declares the Great Coral Reef in the Red Sea a marine protected area and tasks the governors of the Red Sea and South Sinai with measures to protect and manage it. Whether the Al Ahyaa lagoon lies inside the protected area could not be confirmed. The CDWS protocol lists damaging or breaking reefs or marine life among the violations centres must follow up. Do not stand on or ride over coral.
Shallows at low tideThe lagoon is tide dependent. At low tide pools appear and there are very shallow patches. Check the depth before you ride fast, jump or foil.
Shells, stones and coralThe bottom is mostly sand, but there are shells, stones and coral in places. Wear neoprene shoes.
Strong daysIn the peak months the wind can reach 30 to 35 kt. Size down early and come in if you are overpowered.
Heat and sunAugust is very hot. Cover up, drink plenty of water and take breaks in the shade between sessions.
Shells, stones and coral

The lagoon bottom is mostly sand, with shells, stones and coral in places, and an outer reef separates the lagoon from the open sea. Wear neoprene shoes, never stand on coral, and ask your centre where the reefs and rocks to avoid are.

Low-tide shallows and the deep pool

The lagoon is tide dependent. At low tide pools appear and there are very shallow patches. There is an always-deep pool inside the lagoon, and deeper water at the lagoon's edge where foilers ride.

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Getting there, packing & best months

Nearest airportHurghada (HRG)About 20 to 30 minutes by road to the lagoon. Centres arrange transfers.
SeasonJune to SeptemberThe record's strongest months. The guides give May to October as the season.
Getting aroundTransfer or taxiThe centres sit on the Hurghada to El Gouna road, about 10 km south of El Gouna.
What to pack
BottomSand. Mostly sand, with shells, stones and coral in places. Wear neoprene shoes.DepthKnee to waist. Standing depth across much of the lagoon, a deeper pool and deeper water at the edge. Tide dependent.Water20 to 29°C. Long wetsuit November to April, shorty in late spring and autumn, shorts in July and August.LaunchCentre beaches. Each centre runs its own paid launch area with beach assistance.KitRent or bring. Kite and wing kit to rent at the centres, and storage for your own.
Kite sizes for May

May has no session mean to size from, so no sizes are given.

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Best months, Kite. Record.

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Sources, and their limits

Where each section of this report comes from. Record is measured. Modelled is computed by a formula because no measurement exists yet; it looks like data and is not. Written is WindChaser's editorial copy, compiled from the sources below.

§WhatSourceLimit
01Kite month sharesRecordCounted at 12 kt for three daylight hours from ecmwf_ifs at 9 km, cell 1.97 km from the spot, no correction.
01Windsurf and Wing month sharesRecordCounted at 13 kt (Windsurf) and 12 kt (Wing) from the same series, by the same rule as the Kite share. No longer the Kite share raised to a curve (WC-024 phase 4).
01Speed bands, hour-of-day sharesRecordCounted from the same hourly series as the shares: daylight hours in each 4 kt band, and the share of days over the threshold at each hour from 8am to 6pm. The same charts as the spot page.
01Direction, strength, when it blowsWrittenFrom centre and guide pages, cross-checked against the record (NW in every month) and the Hurghada Airport station (NNW).
02The month's recordsRecordMonth detail. ECMWF IFS HRES at 9 km, the cell 2.0 km from the spot; gusts on the lagoon can exceed it.
03Stays, schools and kitWrittenChecked on each business’s own website or a named rider source, most recently on 27 September 2026. Price bands only where a price is published.
04Tide windowsMissingNo tide source in the pipeline. The section renders its empty state.
05Hazards, shallows, coralWrittenCentre rules from the CDWS audit protocol. Reef protection from the State Information Service announcement of Decree 4419/2025 (4 December 2025); the decree text and its boundaries were not read. Physical hazards from centres and guides.
06Airports, access, packing, kite sizesWrittenWater temperature from the CDWS Hurghada page, not the record. Transfer times differ between sources (15 to 30 minutes).
06Local zoningMissingNo Red Sea Governorate or port rule on kite zones, and no rule on independent kiting outside the centres, could be read.

The record

Hourly wind, 2017 to 2026, from ECMWF IFS HRES via Open-Meteo: a 9 km grid, read at the cell 2.0 km from the spot. It knows the wind over the cell, not the gust on the sand in front of you, and it knows the bearing, not the coastline: "side-onshore" is a rider's reading of the bearing. Each month is counted over nine to ten years.

What we could not source for Hurghada

The text and boundaries of Decree 4419 of 2025, so whether the lagoon is inside the protected reef. Any Red Sea Governorate or Hurghada port rule on kite zones. Whether independent kiting without a centre is allowed. A windsurf centre in north Hurghada active in 2026. Tide tables. Windsurf and wing thresholds run through the hourly record. Price bands. Where any of these is missing above, the section says so rather than filling itself.

Conditions change. Check local rules and conditions before you ride.

Compiled by WindChaser, 25 Sep 2026. Hero photograph on the spot page by Almondox, CC BY 3.0. Report generated 22 Oct 2026 from record version 2026.10; a report and its spot page are rendered from the same data and cannot disagree.

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