Is the sandbar to the small island near Sharm El Sheikh resorts always walkable, and is there a lagoon for swimming there?

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TL;DR

The sandbar to the island is often flooded (ankle-to-knee deep), so water shoes are a must; there's no real swimming lagoon — just small carved-out tide pools that fill only at high tide.

What the community said

Visiting last season in August, there was no dedicated swimming lagoon on the Island/Village grounds — just small rock-cut tide pools you can sit in, and only when the tide is in.

Island & Village area

Whether the island is dry or flooded has nothing to do with which tour operator you booked with — it's pure luck. Even on dry days, expect the island to be crowded.

Recently the sandbar has been underwater almost every day — yesterday there was no dry stretch at all. You can still cross it, wading ankle-to-knee deep in places, but water shoes are essential.

water shoes required