---
node: dest_makadi_bay
type: destination
slug: makadi_bay
title: "Makadi Bay"
lead: "Makadi Bay is a resort bay 30 kilometres south of Hurghada, developed from the 1990s as a self-contained hotel strip on the Red Sea. There is no town — the bay is the destination."
published: 2026-08-12
updated: 2026-08-12
image_file: dest_makadi_bay.jpg
image_source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_sea_coast,_Makadi_bay.jpg"
image_author: "Dirgela"
image_license: "CC0"
---

## Overview

Hotels line a sheltered crescent with a shallow sandy entry, which makes it the easiest swimming on this stretch of coast and popular with families. A reef sits offshore in most of the bay, reached by jetty or short boat. Everything is inside the resorts: restaurants, shops and the water park that gives the bay much of its trade.

## Highlights

Snorkelling from the jetties is the free version of what the boats charge for. Day trips run to Giftun Island and to the Sahl Hasheesh reef, both under an hour away. Hurghada's airport is 35 minutes north, which is the practical reason many visitors choose this bay.