Do you need water shoes for swimming in Hurghada, and is the current near the reef dangerous?

Over 10 days of swimming, no current was encountered at all — staying close to the reef wall helped avoid being carried by any current.

Water shoes should be worn every time — there was one careless instance of entering the water without them, and it turned out to be the only exception.

In the past, swimming without water shoes, diving, grabbing a turtle's shell, and collecting shells with sea creatures never resulted in stings or injuries.