Windfoil at Safaga (Red Sea): when to go, record speeds and leaderboard
Red Sea, Egypt
Safaga is busiest between March and April: windfoil sessions usually start between 10:00 and 11:00. Windfoil makes up 5% of the sessions at Safaga.
- Sessions, 12 months
- 37
- Riders, 12 months
- 13
- Sessions, 30 days
- 2
- Record, 12 months
- 25.9 kn
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Leaderboard
Best session of each rider in the last 12 months, from the Waterspeed leaderboard. Updated every day.
Windfoil: top 10 by top speed
| # | Rider | Top speed | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hubert Fest | 25.9 kn 47.9 km/h | |
| 2 | Anonymous rider | 25.0 kn 46.3 km/h | |
| 3 | Mohamed Elsafty | 24.7 kn 45.7 km/h | |
| 4 | Gerolf Richter | 21.4 kn 39.6 km/h | |
| 5 | Olli-Andreas Oltrogge | 19.4 kn 36.0 km/h | |
| 6 | Thomas Decker | 18.9 kn 35.0 km/h | |
| 7 | Jan Stübler | 17.9 kn 33.1 km/h | |
| 8 | Baggenstos | 17.7 kn 32.8 km/h | |
| 9 | Alexey Gaponov | 17.6 kn 32.6 km/h | |
| 10 | Swen Hofmann | 17.1 kn 31.7 km/h |
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Questions
When is the best time for Windfoil at Safaga?
Windfoil sessions at Safaga are mostly between March and April. The busiest month is April, with 11 sessions in the last 12 months.
Is Windfoil at Safaga better in the morning or in the afternoon?
Most sessions start between 10:00 and 11:00, local time. 49% start before noon and 51% from noon on.
How popular is Windfoil at Safaga?
37 windfoil sessions by 13 riders in the last 12 months. That is 5% of all sessions at Safaga.
What is the Windfoil speed record at Safaga?
25.9 knots (47.9 km/h), Windfoil, on March 8, 2026. It is the fastest session at Safaga on the Waterspeed leaderboard in the last 12 months.
Who is at the top of the Windfoil leaderboard at Safaga?
Hubert Fest, with 25.9 knots on March 8, 2026. The top 10 is on this page; the full leaderboard is on leaderboard.waterspeedapp.com.
Data: Waterspeed leaderboard sessions. Town positions: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.