Egypt

This unfinished page contains text from either the 2003 or 2005 print version of Encyclopedia of Surfing. An updated version, with more photos, is coming soon.

Egypt, a history-soaked Arab nation in the north of Africa, has surfable coastlines along the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Most surfing in Egypt takes place along the northern Mediterranean coast, an arid 650-mile expanse of sand-bottomed beachbreaks, punctuated by the occasional jetty and pier; the most popular breaks are near the ancient city of Alexandria. Small doses of northerly windswell ar...

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