Tide has no regularity (we are in Thailand after all), waves are wind depended - but we have a nice little beach break great for riding. Hua Hin beach has choppy waves getting bigger as the wind increases, a nice little shore break for shredding and boosting. Waves are smaller during the months of February to April. As for Jellyfish in Hua Hin, they can be found in November and then in March to May. In 2003 we only had about a week of them being around in late March, then they disappeared. 2002 they where more prevalent in April and May but wearing long pants and rashy will do the job. Nasty jelly fish!
Hua Hin is a great place for all levels of Kiteboarders. The 5 km long beach makes for great down winders. The beach is relatively uncrowded and there is plenty of room to lay your kite down and the beach opening up to around 100m wide during low tide in the summer months. Beach is fine sand with very few shells. Beach is widest in the summer months from February to May up to 100m wide at low tide. Width decreases from November to January, on occasions high tide can leave zero beach. There is 30 or 40 km of north and south of Hua Hin just awaiting to be discovered. At high tide the beach gets very small.
Mid May to October: the South Westerly monsoons, the rainy season. Water temperatures range from 26-30°C throughout the year. Average air temperature: 28°C.
- January - February - March - April - November - December
Wind Type:
- Thermal Winds - Trade Winds
Best Direction:
- NE - SE
Main Direction:
- NE - SE
Between 8-20 knots, generally very consistent wind, best directions and prevailing conditions NE and SE winds. This place has the longest windy season in Thailand from start of November to end of April. November to January: the Northeasterly monsoons, wind ranging from 8-20 knots. Wind blows in cycles averaging 6-10 days at a time. Wind is generally strongest in the morning decreasing over the day. Wind direction is generally northerly in the morning swinging slowly around to the Northeast over the day.
February to Mid May: Afternoon sea breezes 12-20 knots, starting in the around 13:00 and building until around 17:00 then decreasing as the sun goes down. Mid May to October: the South Westerly monsoons, gusty offshore winds, the rainy season.
3 hours drive south from Bangkok - can catch bus/train/taxi. 40 minutes flight from Bangkok. Bangkok Airlines fly to Hua Hin twice daily from Ko Samui and Bangkok, cost 1200 Baht. Trains are available from Bangkok and Malaysia, although from Bangkok it is easier to catch the bus than the train. Buses leave from the southern bus station in Bangkok to Hua Hin every 20 minutes, cost 128 Baht. Taxis are available from the Bangkok airport to Hua Hin, cost 1700 Baht.
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