SOMA BAY GUIDE Independent guide to Soma Bay & the surrounding coast.
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Water days around Soma Bay

A water day starts before the beach.

Choose a beach, reef or watersports day using the shore map, activity finder and operator contacts.

THE WATER-DAY REFERENCE

One coast.
Different arrangements.

A reef session at a hotel, a day with your own kite and a boat excursion begin with different enquiries. Use the geography to find the relevant contact, then settle your particular visit.

Five numbered references: Sharm El Naga to the north, KiteHouse on the northwest peninsula, Marina Abu Soma, ROBINSON and The Breakers farther south. Duotone has no verified map point.
North up · OSM coastline and dated reference points · Open at full size ↗ · No route, water-entry or reef boundary is drawn.

START WITH THE ACTIVITY

Find the right enquiry.

Activities below are described by the named sources. They do not confirm a session, day admission or suitability for your party.

6 reference cards · including one destination enquiry listing

MAP 01 / Northern coast · separate resort

Sharm El Naga

SnorkellingScuba diving

The resort describes beach snorkelling and house-reef diving, with a separate dive centre.

Its Egyptians/residents package lists beach entry, a towel, snorkelling equipment and lunch. Ask which rate applies to your party; owning a Somabay home does not establish eligibility.

Still to settle: No current fee confirmed. The linked diving price list is labelled 2021. Package lunch hours are not beach opening hours.

Contacts, sources & map meaning

Resort reception: +201001112942

Dive centre · English / Dutch / German: +201225555104

English / Arabic contact: +201001234540

Mapped reference: Resort reference; ask for the entrance and meeting point. Coordinate source retrieved 2026-09-25.

Sources read 3 October 2026. Source publication dates unknown; no direct operator confirmation.

Directory record & earlier evidence →

MAP 02 / Northwest peninsula · KiteHouse building

7BFT KiteHouse

KitesurfingWake sessions

The centre publishes kite and foil rental, equipment storage, beach fees and wake sessions.

Separate your own-gear day from an equipment rental or lesson. The published beach/storage fee includes a limited rescue ticket; ask what applies to your session.

Published clock: station 08:30–18:30; water 08:30–17:00, both labelled Breakers Time.

Still to settle: The own site labels the hours Breakers Time; an earlier destination listing gives a different station start. Clarify the clock and opening before pickup. Foil qualification wording also conflicts between the prose and footnote.

Contacts, sources & map meaning

Centre contact: +201277555025

Centre contact: +201008448534

Mapped reference: Building reference; The Breakers hotel is elsewhere. Coordinate source retrieved 2026-10-02.

Sources read 3 October 2026. Source publication dates unknown; no direct operator confirmation.

Directory record & earlier evidence →

MAP 03 / Marina reference · actual departure unconfirmed

Somabay boat-trip enquiries

SnorkellingBoat excursions

The destination page describes several excursions, including snorkelling and sunset trips.

Ask for the operating company, boat name, meeting point, departure and return times, inclusions and the cancellation arrangement before booking.

Published working hours: 08:00–19:00; these are not departure times.

Still to settle: The page is an enquiry listing. Its working hours are not a sailing schedule; no particular boat or pontoon is verified.

Contacts, sources & map meaning

Published trip-enquiry number: +201020456528

Mapped reference: Marina node; not a confirmed boat departure. Coordinate source retrieved 2026-09-25.

Sources read 3 October 2026. Source publication dates unknown; no direct operator confirmation.

Directory record & earlier evidence →

MAP 04 / Peninsula · club grounds reference

ROBINSON Soma Bay

SnorkellingScuba divingWing activitiesCatamaran sailingWindsurfing

The club describes diving, snorkelling, windsurfing, wing activities and catamaran sailing in its club programme.

Ask the club about your guest category and the specific session. A club programme does not establish day admission for neighbouring homeowners.

Still to settle: Club time may differ from local time. No offset is adopted here. The published watersports email appears in two spellings, so use the club website to confirm it.

Contacts, sources & map meaning

Confirm contact details on the club’s official page.

Mapped reference: Club grounds; not the water station or entrance. Coordinate source retrieved 2026-09-17.

Sources read 3 October 2026. Source publication dates unknown; no direct operator confirmation.

Directory record & earlier evidence →

MAP 05 / Southeast peninsula · associated hotel reference

ORCA at The Breakers

SnorkellingScuba divingBoat excursions

ORCA describes diving and snorkelling at The Breakers, plus boat excursions. The hotel describes access to the house reef via a jetty.

Choose the particular shore or boat session first, then settle admission, equipment and the meeting point with the centre.

Still to settle: Non-guest access and a current quote are unconfirmed. Jetty length is withheld: ORCA says 420 m; The Breakers says 400 m.

Contacts, sources & map meaning

ORCA centre: +201225298115

Mapped reference: Hotel reference; ORCA association is source-supported. Coordinate source retrieved 2026-09-17.

Sources read 3 October 2026. Source publication dates unknown; no direct operator confirmation.

Directory record & earlier evidence →

REFERENCE POINT PENDING / Wyte Beach · precise reference point pending

Duotone Pro Center

KitesurfingWing activities

The centre describes kite and wing activities at Wyte Beach. Its wingfoil page separates rental tiers, lessons and centre/beach use.

Ask which lesson or rental matches your experience and which additional fees apply. Confirm the entrance with the centre; we have not placed an unverified pin.

Still to settle: No precise centre reference, current quote or resident admission confirmed. Published equipment prerequisites vary by tier.

Contacts, sources & map meaning

Published local number: +201005450353

Mapped reference: Wyte Beach is the published address; precise centre reference remains unknown.

Sources read 3 October 2026. Source publication dates unknown; no direct operator confirmation.

Directory record & earlier evidence →

READ THE PRODUCT BEFORE THE PRICE

Three published examples.

These are different products from undated rate pages, read 3 October 2026. They are neither current quotes nor equivalent full-session costs.

7BFT KiteHouse

One-day beach / storage fee

€22

Equipment rental is a separate product. 1 rescue allowance published; this is not unlimited cover.

Read the operator’s rate page ↗

Duotone Pro Center

One-day centre / beach fee

€20

Equipment rental is a separate product. 2 rescue allowances published; this is not unlimited cover.

Read the operator’s rate page ↗

Duotone Pro Center

One-day Original wingfoil rental

€150

Original equipment rental. Confirm the tier prerequisites and any additional fees.

Read the operator’s rate page ↗

If you live here, start with the arrangement you need: an occasional lesson, somewhere to store your own gear, a day out with visiting family or a particular dive. Those are different purchases. The references above help you find the right enquiry; then ask that contact to describe the actual day, including where you arrive and how you get home.

Start with the session, then the admission

A published activity does not settle whether your party can use it. Tell the centre whether you are staying at its hotel, at another hotel, in a private home or visiting from outside the area. Ask for the session and guest category in the same enquiry, including any accompanying non-participant. Keep peninsula entry and facility use as separate arrangements.

For a resident returning several times, ask about storage or a multi-day arrangement rather than assuming each rental price is the cost of another beach visit. Ask what you can leave, when you can retrieve it, and what happens when you are away. Settle the term, charges and access with the centre; the guide has not verified a resident membership or owner entitlement.

Put the meeting point and clock in the message

The map deliberately uses five different kinds of reference. Sharm El Naga is a separate resort north of the peninsula. The KiteHouse building is not The Breakers hotel. ORCA is associated with The Breakers, but the hotel reference is not a surveyed dive-centre entrance. A marina node and ROBINSON's club grounds are similarly not a specific pontoon or water station.

Duotone publishes Wyte Beach as its address. A precise centre reference remains unverified, so it has a card and no pin. Ask the centre for directions that your driver can use. Do not navigate to another operator's marker because it offers a similar activity.

The KiteHouse services page distinguishes station hours from water hours and labels both Breakers Time. ROBINSON says club time may differ from local time. Clarify the named clock with your host before arranging collection; we have not inferred an offset. Somabay's boat-trip listing gives working hours, which do not establish a departure schedule. Put the confirmed meeting point, clock, time and return arrangement in your guest sheet.

Compare the whole arrangement

The three price examples above illustrate why a beach/storage fee, centre day fee and equipment rental cannot be treated as equivalent outings. Ask for the exact product, required experience, all additional charges and inclusions. If a rescue allowance appears in the rate, ask what the allowance covers and which limits apply to the particular session. It does not establish unlimited rescue, lifeguard cover or a guarantee about conditions.

For a lesson, ask who it is intended for and what the centre needs to check before accepting the booking. For rental, ask which experience or qualification it requires for that equipment. The KiteHouse foil text contains different qualification codes in its prose and footnote; we have not chosen one. Duotone's published prerequisites differ by rental tier. A general activities page cannot answer those questions for your party.

For a boat day, ask for the operating company and boat name as well as the excursion. Confirm the departure venue, collection, equipment, food, return time and cancellation arrangement. The Somabay enquiry listing does not identify a verified boat operator or pontoon. For shore snorkelling or diving, ask the named centre to explain the access and session for that day; no reef boundary, entry point or conditions forecast is drawn on this map.

Sharm El Naga: ask which package applies

The resort publishes a day-use package for Egyptians and residents with beach entry, a towel, snorkelling equipment and lunch. Its page asks residents to bring a passport and visa for the stated rate. That is an operator's package condition, not a statement that property ownership qualifies. Ask which rate and requirements apply to your party before travelling; do not send identity documents to the guide.

We have not established a current monetary quote. The diving page links a PDF labelled 2021, so its amounts are not used as today's prices. The package's lunch period is not a resort opening schedule. The separate reception and dive-centre contacts are retained above and in the Sharm El Naga directory record.

What the sources do not settle

ORCA's published jetty description says 420 metres while The Breakers' page says 400 metres. The guide keeps that conflict visible and adopts neither measurement. Neither figure establishes the present entrance, transfer arrangement, accessibility or suitability of the session. Ask the centre about the practical access you need.

These are website reviews from 3 October 2026, not calls or visits. Activity-page publication dates are not stated and remain unknown. The map reuses older OpenStreetMap references: the date of the new artwork does not make those points newly surveyed. Each card links its current reviewed sources and explains the meaning of its map point. Earlier directory records retain their own dates and limitations.

Save the guide before you go

The new SVG map includes its fonts and geographic source notes. The text companion carries the contacts, source links, fee examples and planning questions. Both remain readable after download; external websites still require a connection. They are separate companions to the 42-page field edition, whose 61 original directory listings and artwork remain unchanged. The new Sharm El Naga record is available online and in this text companion, rather than silently added to that dated PDF.

Use the seasonal references to compare months, and the shuttle and evening guidance to organise transport. Neither page confirms the conditions, activity or return journey for the day you choose.

Sources & dates 24 published sources
  • Somabay home page

    Somabay (Abu Soma Touristic Development Company) · Page metadata 28 Nov 2024 · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026

    Marketing copy; no distances or developer named on the page itself; sitemap lastmod used as source_updated_at.

  • DPC Soma Bay: shuttle service

    Duotone Pro Center Soma Bay (Travel People 24) · Source date not stated · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026

    Describes the public Somabay shuttle (10:00-18:00, every 15 min, free) from a partner's perspective; not the destination's own timetable.

  • DPC Soma Bay home

    Duotone Pro Center Soma Bay (Travel People 24) · Source date not stated · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026

    'starting spring 2025' wording; no prices or hours.

  • ROBINSON Soma Bay club details

    ROBINSON (TUI) · Source date not stated · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026

    Transfer time given both as approx. 45 and approx. 50 minutes on the same page.

  • 7 Bft KiteHouse: services and prices

    7 Bft KiteHouse Soma Bay · Source date not stated · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026

    Prices in EUR without a date on the page; 'exclusively available to our guests' wording is ambiguous about which guests.

  • ORCA Dive Club Soma Bay

    ORCA Dive Clubs · Source date not stated · Retrieved 25 Sept 2026

    No prices, hours or non-guest policy.

  • somabay.com venue page: 7BFT Kite House

    Somabay (Abu Soma Touristic Development Company) · Page metadata 7 Mar 2024 · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026

  • somabay.com venue page: Boat Trips

    Somabay (Abu Soma Touristic Development Company) · Page metadata 11 Mar 2024 · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026

  • somabay.com venue page: Orca Diving Center

    Somabay (Abu Soma Touristic Development Company) · Page metadata 6 Mar 2024 · Retrieved 17 Sept 2026

  • Regional destination reference points and Sharm El Naga Resort

    OpenStreetMap contributors · Source date not stated · Retrieved 25 Sept 2026

    Five new destination queries on 25 September 2026. Map references only, not entrances or verified boundaries. See site/map-data/regional-geocodes.json and sharm-el-naga-geocode.json. Airport and Safaga use SRC-037; Soma Bay label editorial.

  • ORCA Soma Bay: centre and activity descriptions

    ORCA Dive Clubs · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    House-reef and boat services described by the operator. No general resident/non-guest entitlement or session conditions established.

  • The Breakers: diving and jetty

    The Breakers · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    Hotel association and published services. Jetty length 400 m differs from ORCA’s 420 m; no measurement is adopted.

  • The Breakers: KiteHouse shuttle association

    The Breakers · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    Separate hotel and KiteHouse; hotel transfer description is not a resident pickup service, journey measurement or wind statistic.

  • 7BFT KiteHouse: rental, storage, clock and fees

    7BFT KiteHouse · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    Undated price list. Hours use Breakers Time; no Cairo-clock conversion. Guest entitlement ambiguous. Foil eligibility prose says IKO 3N, footnote 3M; resolve with centre. Rescue inclusion is limited, not an unlimited safety assurance.

  • Duotone Soma Bay: Wyte location and activities

    Travel People / Duotone Pro Center · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    Published wing/kite activities. Exact centre entrance and conditions for a particular session remain unverified.

  • Duotone Soma Bay: centre facilities

    Travel People / Duotone Pro Center · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    Wyte association; published facilities do not confirm day-specific availability or audience admission.

  • Duotone Soma Bay: wingfoil rates and requirements

    Travel People / Duotone Pro Center · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    Undated euro prices. Rental tiers, prerequisites and day-fee/rescue terms differ; do not add or compare them as equivalent products.

  • Sharm El Naga: resort and shore activities

    Sharm El Naga Resort & Diving Center · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    Operator description, not a measured reef extent, public access right or safety assurance.

  • Sharm El Naga: diving activities

    Sharm El Naga Resort & Diving Center · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    PADI-standard education, guided and shore diving described. Medical, lifeguard, accreditation and treatment claims not adopted by this guide.

  • Sharm El Naga: published reception and dive contacts

    Sharm El Naga Resort & Diving Center · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    Contact labels transcribed separately. No call placed or WhatsApp support inferred.

  • Sharm El Naga: Egyptian/resident snorkelling package

    Sharm El Naga Resort & Diving Center · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    Package includes beach, towel, equipment and lunch. Page asks residents for passport/visa; that is the operator’s rate condition, not a definition of residence or immigration advice. No current quote, eligibility or no-reservation arrangement confirmed.

  • Sharm El Naga: linked 2021 dive price list

    Sharm El Naga Resort & Diving Center · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    The linked PDF is labelled PRICE LIST 2021. Its old monetary figures are withheld as current quotes.

  • ROBINSON Soma Bay: water activities and club clock

    ROBINSON / TUI · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    Club-published activities. Non-guest and resident admission not established. Club time may differ from local time. Two watersport email spellings appear; use the official page to clarify. Medical and no-fly rules are not generalised.

  • Somabay: boat-trip enquiry listing

    Somabay · Source date not stated · Retrieved 3 Oct 2026

    Destination listing, not a named operating company, boat, pontoon or departure timetable. Published working hours are enquiry hours, not sailing times.

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