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Soma Bay2 KM STANDING LAGOON

A two-kilometre standing lagoon, steady Red Sea wind and kite stations sitting on the hotel beaches: Palm Royale with Surfmotion on its own sand, the Element Watersports school at the Sentido Caribbean World, and the Abu Soma Riders on the Amwaj Beach Club beach. Pick where you'll stay and learn below.

Stay & learn on the spot

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Hotels on the water · 3 LIVE
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Hotel 4*ASR on the beachPool + spaSoma Bay flats

Amwaj Beach Club Abu Soma

The 4-star with the Abu Soma Riders kite center directly on its beach: same bay, same wind, smaller bill. Pool, spa, ex-Amwaj Blue Beach Resort.

Kite center
ON THE HOTEL BEACH
Class
4* · RATED 8.6
Spot view
YES
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HotelSurfmotion on-siteKids club 4-125★ · All-inclusive

Palm Royale Resort - Soma Bay

The five-star of Abu Soma with the Surfmotion station on its own beach since 2005. Speedstrip in front, standing lagoon for the kids, loungers with windbreaks at the spot.

Room → Launch
~5 MIN WALK
From
~€100/NIGHT
Spot view
YES
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Hotel 5*Element on-siteKids club 4-12All-inclusive

Sentido Caribbean World Soma Bay

The family flagship with Element Watersports at the hotel: wind and wing off the beach, kite flats by boat shuttle, kids club, aqua slides, all-inclusive. Ex-Caribbean World.

Station
ON THE BEACH · ELEMENT
Kids
4-12 CLUB + SLIDES
Board
AI
Kite schools on the beach · 3 LIVE
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SchoolOn Amwaj beachFlat waterQuiet base

Abu Soma Riders Kiteboarding Center

The quiet hotel-beach kite center of the Abu Soma shore: on the Amwaj Beach Club sand, flat Soma Bay water in front, active through 2026.

From the hotel
0 M · SAME BEACH
Water
FLAT
Crowd
LOW
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SchoolEN·DEF2 · Duotone · CoreWing & windsurf

Element Watersports

The station on the Caribbean World beach. Windsurf and wing off the sand, kite courses in a flat shallow zone reached by an included boat shuttle.

Sports on one beach
3 KITE · WS · WING
Shuttle
~€7/RIDE
Storage
YES
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SchoolIKO + VDWSOn Palm Royale beachSince 2005

Surfmotion

Peter Müller's IKO/VDWS station on the Palm Royale sand since 2005: standing lagoon and speedstrip out front, kite side branded Kitemotion.

To the water
<50 M
Since
2005
Certified
IKO+VDWS
Soma Bay in motion ▶ YOUTUBE

7-day wind forecast

SPOT: ABU SOMA BAY · UPDATED DAILY
Abu Soma Bay · Soma Bay STATIC · OPEN-METEO · SYNCED 20.07
TODAY
20.07
13KTS · GUST 21
NNW · 12m
OK
TUE
21.07
14KTS · GUST 24
NNW · 12m
OK
WED
22.07
19KTS · GUST 29
NNW · 10m
GO
THU
23.07
17KTS · GUST 26
NNW · 10m
GO
FRI
24.07
16KTS · GUST 25
NNW · 10m
GO
SAT
25.07
15KTS · GUST 23
NNW · 12m
OK
SUN
26.07
14KTS · GUST 21
NNW · 12m
OK
GO 16–24 kts · OK 12–15 · STRONG 25+ · LIGHT <12 — Open-Meteo data, cached & rewritten nightly by the agent as static HTML.
The Kitesurf Camp verdict A standing lagoon two kilometres long, wind that fills in nearly every afternoon, and kite stations planted directly on the hotel beaches. Soma Bay is the quiet, spacious alternative to El Gouna. You ride the speedstrip, they watch from the loungers behind the windbreaks.

Spot spec sheet

CHECKED NIGHTLY BY THE AGENT · REV 07.20
Wind · Season avg
15-22 kts, stronger afternoonsSUMMER ~22 KTS
Direction
N / NNWSIDE-ONSHORE · SAFE
Water
Flat standing lagoon, 30-60 cmKIDS CAN STAND
Water temp
20-29°C
Best window
May → October300+ WINDY DAYS
Level
First tack → pro
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