Seychelles to Red Sea

Created by doina. Last modified on 2008-02-14 10:44:27
Topic: Routing
Countries: Egypt, Oman, Seychelles, Yemen

We plan to be in the Seychelles mid-year and would then like to head to the Red Sea either direct or via East Africa. Your opinion and any information re either route would be appreciated.

The best time to head from Seychelles for Red Sea is late September/October at the end of the SW monsoon. If you wish to visit the African coast first, go earlier, but plan the passage to Red Sea as above. Be very careful not to pass too close to Somali waters, and do stay east of Socotra island. I do hope you have my World Cruising Routes that gives details of any of those options (new edition out in March).

Good luck.

Jimmy Cornell, noonsite