# Hurghada snorkeling forecast

Hurghada looks marginal today. The least-bad daylight window is around Mon 18:00, but waves is limiting the forecast.

- Location: Hurghada, Egypt
- Timezone: Africa/Cairo
- Valid period: next 72 hours from 2026-09-21T15:05:31.567713+03:00
- Verdict: Marginal
- Score: 4.9/10
- Share of next 72h scored OK: 1%
- Source: snapshot
- Generated at: 2026-09-21T14:31:10.777456+03:00
- Conditions can change. HTML page: https://snorkelforecast.com/egypt/hurghada/
- Forecast JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/egypt/hurghada/forecast.json
- Sea temperature: https://snorkelforecast.com/egypt/hurghada/sea-temperature/
- Sea temperature markdown: https://snorkelforecast.com/egypt/hurghada/sea-temperature.md
- History JSON: https://snorkelforecast.com/egypt/hurghada/history.json
- Embed widget: https://snorkelforecast.com/egypt/hurghada/embed/sea-temperature/
- Current sea temperature: 27.9 °C (82.2 °F)
- Baseline normal for month 9: 28.2 °C (82.8 °F) from 3 sample years
- Sea temperature versus month 9 normal: -0.3 °C (-0.5 °F), cooler than the stored baseline
- Scoring thresholds: waves <= 0.36 m, wind <= 5.4 m/s, current <= 0.36 m/s, water 20.6-30.4 °C. Forecast thresholds, not official safety limits.

## Next 24 hours

| time | rating | score | ok | waves_m | wind_mps | sst_c |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-21T16:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.41666666666666663 | no | 0.78 | 7.65 | 27.9 |
| 2026-09-21T17:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.43287037037037035 | no | 0.72 | 6.95 | 27.9 |
| 2026-09-21T18:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.48703703703703705 | no | 0.66 | 5.87 | 27.9 |
| 2026-09-21T19:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.64 | 4.98 | 27.9 |
| 2026-09-21T20:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.62 | 5.66 | 27.9 |
| 2026-09-21T21:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.6 | 5.76 | 27.9 |
| 2026-09-21T22:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.58 | 5.55 | 27.9 |
| 2026-09-21T23:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.56 | 5.59 | 27.8 |
| 2026-09-22T00:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.54 | 5.22 | 27.8 |
| 2026-09-22T01:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.52 | 5.05 | 27.8 |
| 2026-09-22T02:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.48 | 5.22 | 27.8 |
| 2026-09-22T03:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.46 | 5.28 | 27.8 |
| 2026-09-22T04:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.48 | 5.27 | 27.8 |
| 2026-09-22T05:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.5 | 5.15 | 27.7 |
| 2026-09-22T06:00:00+03:00 | poor | 0.0 | no | 0.52 | 5.19 | 27.7 |
| 2026-09-22T07:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.5317129629629629 | no | 0.58 | 5.62 | 27.7 |
| 2026-09-22T08:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.4789351851851852 | no | 0.66 | 6.22 | 27.7 |
| 2026-09-22T09:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.42708333333333337 | no | 0.72 | 7.2 | 27.7 |
| 2026-09-22T10:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.42638888888888893 | no | 0.74 | 7.23 | 27.7 |
| 2026-09-22T11:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.43393518518518515 | no | 0.78 | 7.39 | 27.8 |
| 2026-09-22T12:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.4327777777777778 | no | 0.8 | 7.44 | 27.8 |
| 2026-09-22T13:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.4385648148148148 | no | 0.76 | 7.19 | 27.8 |
| 2026-09-22T14:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.4360185185185186 | no | 0.74 | 7.3 | 27.9 |
| 2026-09-22T15:00:00+03:00 | fair | 0.4572685185185186 | no | 0.7 | 7.45 | 27.9 |

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