Boat navigation for El Gouna

Know when to head home while you are still at anchor.

Rivers & Seas combines your boat height, travel time, and the tide prediction. Before leaving Bayoud, see when to set off so your boat is still expected to clear the lowest bridge on the way into the lagoons.

A recreational boat approaches a low stone bridge in the El Gouna lagoons at sunset, with course, tide, and available clearance visualised.

Your boat. Your Track. Your departure time.

Do not wait until the bridge to discover that the water is already too high.

A fixed bridge height tells only part of the story in El Gouna. What matters is the space left between the water and the bridge when you are expected to arrive and whether it fits your boat.

Your actual boat height

Rivers & Seas compares the stored height of your boat with the expected available clearance.

Tide at your arrival

The prediction is applied to your travel time along the Track, not just to the water level right now.

One clear departure window

Instead of calculating several bridges yourself, see the time window for leaving the Track start.

From Bayoud back to Sabina

The lowest bridge decides when it is time to leave.

Open the saved Track and choose its direction. Rivers & Seas shows the lagoon journey in the order in which you will reach the bridges. At every calculable place, see the expected clearance and suitable passage window.

Rivers & Seas on iPhone shows the Track from Bayoud to New Sabina, a recommended departure window, and the expected clearance at the Mövenpick bridge.
On iPhone, immediately see which bridge becomes critical for your boat and when passage is expected to be possible.
Rivers & Seas on iPad shows the Track from Bayoud through the El Gouna lagoons and several tidal bridges.
On iPad, keep the Track, lagoon map, and bridges in travel order in view together.

Keep a relaxed afternoon relaxed

You are still anchored off Bayoud. Rivers & Seas is already checking the journey home.

The app does not consider only the next bridge. It combines the calculable low bridges along the whole Track into one departure window. You can tell early whether there is time to stay or whether you should start back towards the lagoons now.

When you are on or near the Track, Rivers & Seas calculates from your current position. When planning farther away, the calculation begins at the Track start.

More than a tide display

Everything for the return journey on one map.

Beyond bridge clearance, Rivers & Seas helps you prepare the passage through El Gouna and the coastal waters around it.

Tide at your position

See the predicted tide at your current location and put charted depths into better context.

Water depths and navigation marks

Marine depths, fairways, and OpenSeaMap marks support orientation between the lagoons and the Red Sea.

Proven Tracks

Saved or received Tracks show the exact course through known, trusted passages.

Bridges in travel order

Photographs, available dimensions, and distance appear in the order in which you will reach each place.

A warning instead of mental arithmetic

When the expected clearance does not fit your boat, Rivers & Seas highlights the affected bridge clearly.

For iPhone and iPad

Compact information on iPhone or a large map and overview on iPad.

Three simple steps

Enter boat height. Open the Track. Read the departure window.

Store your boat height

Enter the height your boat needs to pass safely beneath a bridge in the boat profile.

Choose the Track and direction

Open the Track from Bayoud to New Sabina, for example, and select the return journey into the lagoons.

Leave in time

Read the combined departure window and expected available clearance at each bridge.

The calculation uses available bridge data and tide predictions. Check the actual situation and follow local rules and signs.

Questions about boating in El Gouna

Can Rivers & Seas calculate when I can clear El Gouna’s low bridges?

Yes. For calculable tidal bridges, Rivers & Seas combines your boat height, cruising speed, travel time, and tide prediction to produce a departure window for the Track.

Does this work while I am still anchored off Bayoud?

Yes. Open the saved Track back into the lagoons. At or near the Track start, the recommendation is calculated from your current position; farther away, the Track start is used.

Can Rivers & Seas account for several bridges towards Sabina, West Golf, or Abu Tig?

Yes. The app can combine the conditions at several calculable bridges along the same Track. A later low bridge can therefore determine the departure window, not only the first one.

Does Rivers & Seas use the height of my own boat?

Yes. Your stored boat height is compared with the available clearance predicted for the time when you are expected to arrive.

Can I see tides and water depths around El Gouna?

Yes. Rivers & Seas shows the tide prediction at your current location together with a marine map containing water depths and navigation marks, helping you interpret depths along the journey.

Can I use the app on iPhone and iPad?

Yes. iPhone keeps the important information compact and close at hand. iPad gives you an especially comfortable large map, Track, and bridge overview.

Before the tide rises

Let Rivers & Seas tell you when to leave Bayoud.

Store your boat height, open the Track, and see the departure window for El Gouna’s bridges.