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Friendship Beach (Chalong Bay)

A calm-wind learner spot inside Chalong Bay near Rawai, sharing the bay's sheltered, shallow-water character that makes it Phuket's main northeast-monsoon (winter) kite hub, as opposed to Nai Yang on the west coast which is used in summer.

Chalong Pier - iconic long jetty built for the extreme tidal flats, matches the flat/shallow lagoon
Chalong Pier - iconic long jetty built for the extreme tidal flats, matches the flat/shallow lagoon — JULIANISME / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Abandoned resort titled directly at Chalong beach, closest beachfront match
Abandoned resort titled directly at Chalong beach, closest beachfront match — Phuket@photographer.net from Phuket, Thailand / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Wind

best months
  • Nov
  • Dec
  • Jan
  • Feb
wind nameNortheast monsoon (winter/cool season)

Water

typeflat/shallow lagoon
standing depthshallow bay water

Levels

beginneryes
intermediateno
advancedno
notesCalmer wind and shallow water within Chalong Bay suit first lessons.

Launch & crowd

Hazards

Travel basics

Sources: en.wikivoyage.org