best time of year to dive on each of the following red sea locations?

Hello,

Regarding the hot months of June to September which of the following
Red Sea - Egypt areas is better to dive?

Sharm, Dahab, Marsallam, Hurghada ?

Which one is coolest in ambient temperature? Water temperature?

What about rest of the months from October to May ?

Regarding, water temperature, how it difference in each location
accordign to time of the year?

What about visibility and currents? What are the best times of the
year for each location ?

Off course I know flyign ticket price may differ also a lot during the
year but useless to save money on ticket and go to any of the above
locations when conditions are not so good.

Please explain me or tell me your personal experiences. If possible
tell me good dive centers you had your own good experience on each of
the above locations.

Thanks,

Mario

Mario wrote:
>
> Regarding the hot months of June to September which of the following
> Red Sea - Egypt areas is better to dive?
>
> Sharm, Dahab, Marsallam, Hurghada ?
>
> Which one is coolest in ambient temperature? Water temperature?
>
> What about rest of the months from October to May ?
>
> Regarding, water temperature, how it difference in each location
> accordign to time of the year?
>
> What about visibility and currents? What are the best times of the
> year for each location ?

Sharm and Dahab are pretty close to each other, so the conditions
will be similar.

AFAIK, summer is pretty unhospitable in Sinai. It is simply too hot.

Good months should be something like November. We visited in January,
water was 22-24C air temp 25 max during day, down to something like
10-15C at night. Visibility was usually around 20m or so. In Sharm,
currents are pretty much everywhere. A little less perhaps in some of
the Ras Mohammed reefs, but even there.

/Marcin

On 27 Apr 2004 09:38:29 -0700, mandm@flashnet.it (Mario) wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Regarding the hot months of June to September which of the following
>Red Sea - Egypt areas is better to dive?
>
>Sharm, Dahab, Marsallam, Hurghada ?

Does not matter that much. In June (when the watertemperatures are a
little 'cooler', you have a slightly more chance of big fish.
September is very good period (watertemperature 28 / air 32)
>
>Which one is coolest in ambient temperature? Water temperature?
>
>What about rest of the months from October to May ?

November / December / January / February can be stormy.
>
>Regarding, water temperature, how it difference in each location
>accordign to time of the year?
>
>What about visibility and currents? What are the best times of the
>year for each location ?

Always OK. More local dependent.
>
>Off course I know flyign ticket price may differ also a lot during the
>year but useless to save money on ticket and go to any of the above
>locations when conditions are not so good.
>
>Please explain me or tell me your personal experiences. If possible
>tell me good dive centers you had your own good experience on each of
>the above locations.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Mario