Wing foil and Windsurf at Dahab, South Sinai: when to go, stats and leaderboard

South Sinai, Egypt

Most sessions at Dahab are recorded between March and May, with starts between 10:00 and 13:00. Wing foil leads with 44% of sessions.

Sessions, 12 months
434
Riders, 12 months
62
Sessions, 30 days
58
Record, 12 months
31.4 kn
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Leaderboard

Best session of each rider in the last 12 months, from the Waterspeed leaderboard. Updated every day.

Wing foil: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1Alexandr Askerov29.5 kn 54.7 km/h
2Tomáš Hanáček29.4 kn 54.4 km/h
3Petr Zhitnikov24.4 kn 45.1 km/h
4Alexey Nosov22.6 kn 41.8 km/h
5Anonymous rider22.1 kn 40.9 km/h
6Felix Mohr21.8 kn 40.4 km/h
7Baksheev Egor21.6 kn 40.0 km/h
8Maxim Maxim20.5 kn 37.9 km/h
9Enzo Benso18.8 kn 34.8 km/h
10Egidijus Vengrys18.7 kn 34.7 km/h

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Windsurf: top 10 by top speed

#RiderTop speedDate
1HU31.4 kn 58.2 km/h
2Alex Olaf30.6 kn 56.7 km/h
3Егор Попретинский28.8 kn 53.3 km/h
4Igor Kotov27.3 kn 50.5 km/h
5Глеб Сокол27.2 kn 50.4 km/h
6Gianluca26.9 kn 49.9 km/h
7Sabrina26.6 kn 49.2 km/h
8Janko Geßner26.5 kn 49.1 km/h
9Andrey Malygin26.0 kn 48.2 km/h
10Uwe Grüters25.9 kn 47.9 km/h

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When to go

Sessions by month

  • Jan35
  • Feb24
  • Mar85
  • Apr87
  • May67
  • Jun21
  • Jul9
  • Aug4
  • Sep30
  • Oct41
  • Nov31
  • Dec0

Best month by sport

  • Wing foilApril51
  • WindsurfMarch35

Sessions by time of day

Most sessions start between 10:00 and 13:00. Local start time.

  • 8:006
  • 9:0053
  • 10:00110
  • 11:0092
  • 12:0073
  • 13:0024
  • 14:0037
  • 15:0029
  • 16:009
  • 17:001

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Wind direction

Direction from weather model

  • N257
  • NE157
  • S11
  • SE6
  • E3
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Questions

When is the best time to go to Dahab?

Sessions at Dahab are mostly between March and May. The busiest month is April, with 87 sessions in the last 12 months.

Is Dahab better in the morning or in the afternoon?

Most sessions start between 10:00 and 13:00, local time. 60% start before noon and 40% from noon on.

Which sports do people practise at Dahab?

Wing foil (44%), Windsurf (35%), Kitesurf (6%), Parawing (4%), and Windfoil (3%). Waterspeed recorded 434 sessions here in the last 12 months.

What is the speed record at Dahab?

31.4 knots (58.2 km/h), Windsurf, on July 2, 2026. It is the fastest session at Dahab on the Waterspeed leaderboard in the last 12 months.

Who is at the top of the Wing foil leaderboard at Dahab?

Alexandr Askerov, with 29.5 knots on April 21, 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.