Det sker i Marsa Alam, Egypt året igennem

Tætpakket — Christmas and New Year peak, Mid-year holiday i Egypt

• Helligdag

  Ramadan

  19. feb. – 19. mar.Lukninger

  Resorts run to their own timetable, but boat crews and drivers are fasting and the town of Marsa Alam itself works evening hours. Trips leave earlier and finish before iftar. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Christmas and New Year peak (18. dec. – 6. jan. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Ramadan, Mid-year holiday i Egypt

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Ramadan (19. feb. – 19. mar.)

Tætpakket — Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Fitr

  20.–23. mar.Ramadan & eidTætpakket

  Egyptian families fill the resorts for the holiday week and the house-reef beaches get busy for the only time in the year. Book boats rather than turning up for them. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Ramadan (19. feb. – 19. mar.)

Travlt — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Eid al-Fitr (20.–23. mar.)

Travlt — Eid al-Adha, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1. maj – 30. nov. · normalt

  Warm enough for a shorty or nothing from May into November, and the long shallow bays make it feel warmer still. January to March is a full wetsuit for repeat dives.

• Helligdag

  Eid al-Adha

  1. maj – 15. jun. · normaltRamadan & eidLukningerTætpakket

  Eid al-Adha brings Egypt's longest public holiday, usually four or five days. Government offices, banks and many shops close, trains and buses are packed, and hotels fill with Egyptian families at higher rates. The date moves about 11 days earlier each year. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Eid al-Adha, Summer holidays i Egypt

• Sæson

  The desert summer

  15. jun. – 10. sep. · normaltEkstrem varme

  Nothing to shade the coast road and a hot wind off the hills; the middle of the day belongs to the water or the air conditioning. Resorts are cheap and half full.

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. maj – 30. nov. (normalt)), Eid al-Adha (1. maj – 15. jun. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Egypt, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. maj – 30. nov. (normalt)), The desert summer (15. jun. – 10. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Egypt, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. maj – 30. nov. (normalt)), The desert summer (15. jun. – 10. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Egypt, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. maj – 30. nov. (normalt)), The desert summer (15. jun. – 10. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Natur

  Oceanic whitetips at Elphinstone

  1. okt. – 31. dec. · normaltDyrelivssæson

  Late autumn is when the oceanic whitetips are most reliably out on the offshore reef, hanging under the boats between dives. It is the reason the liveaboards fill from October.

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. maj – 30. nov. (normalt))

Travlt — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets bedste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. maj – 30. nov. (normalt)), Oceanic whitetips at Elphinstone (1. okt. – 31. dec. (normalt))

Travlt — Christmas and New Year peak, skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Christmas and New Year peak

  18. dec. – 6. jan. · normaltJul & nytårTætpakketBook tidligt

  European charter flights land through the holidays and the dive centres run at capacity. The water needs a wetsuit by then, which nobody seems to mind.

Stadig i gang: Oceanic whitetips at Elphinstone (1. okt. – 31. dec. (normalt))