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Best for beginners
5 places in Thailand have at least one spot marked for beginners, and a school: Phuket, Koh Phangan, Pranburi - Pak Nam Pran, Koh Samui and Hua Hin. Between them, 10 beginner spots and 20 kite schools.
Ordered by how many spots each place holds.
PhuketKoh PhanganPranburi - Pak Nam PranKoh SamuiHua HinEverything Thailand doesBeginners nearbyAlso in Thailand
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3 of its 3 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Nov, Dec.
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2 of its 2 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec.
also flat wateralso wavesalso foilingalso waves and flat
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2 of its 2 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
Modelled share of windy days by month: Jan 13%, Feb 5%, Mar 2%, Apr 3%, May 3%, Nov 22%, Dec 21%. No figure for Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Nov, Dec.
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2 of its 2 spots are marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Dec.
also flat wateralso wavesalso waves and flat
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1 of its 1 spot is marked for beginners, at a place with a school
No figure for Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec. In season: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec.
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the figure in a cell is how many of that place's spots qualify; beginners is the column you are on
| Place | Flat water | Waves | Beginners | Foiling | Waves and flat | Schools |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phuket | 1 | none | 3 | 1 | none | 7 |
| Koh Phangan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Pranburi - Pak Nam Pran | none | 1 | 2 | 2 | none | 4 |
| Koh Samui | 2 | 1 | 2 | none | 2 | 1 |
| Hua Hin | none | none | 1 | 1 | none | 2 |
| Jomtien / Na Jomtien Beach | 1 | none | none | 1 | none | none |
| Thung Wua Lean Beach | 1 | 1 | none | none | 1 | none |
A cell reading none in one of the five facet columns is a rule no spot at that place matches; in the Schools column it is a place with no school on file. A figure links to that facet's page for Thailand where there is one - 5 of the five clear the three-place gate here - except in the column you are already on, and the Schools figures, which are counts rather than facets.
Beginners nearby
ChinaPhilippinesMaldivesSouth KoreaUAE
The closest countries with a page for the same kind of riding, centre to centre: China 2,205 km, Philippines 2,338 km, Maldives 3,278 km, South Korea 3,572 km, UAE 4,965 km.
A place is here when at least one of its spots is marked as suitable for beginners and the place has at least one kite school in the atlas. A country needs three such places before it gets a page of its own.