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Mui Ne

Lâm Đồng Province · Mui Ne · Phan Thiet

also known as Ham Tien, Rang Beach, Malibu Beach

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The spot
Wind
Forecast
Month by month
Water
Level
The scene
Launch
Schools
Tips
Getting there
Photos
FAQ

Riding essentials

Season

Nov–Apr

Months riders and schools name

How windy

15-25 knots

Character: mixed

Room to launch

access rules on record, below

Water

mixed

27.8 °C in summerThe main Mui Ne/Ham Tien beach is chop with small to medium waves

Hazards

Reported by riders

Level

Beginner to advanced

With a caveat: see Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Crowds

high crowds · busy Dec Jan Feb Mar

Schools

named at this spot

From the airport

Nhat International Airport (SGN)

Transfer times under Getting there

On the clock

10:00 · 18:00

Wind is normally in by about 10:00 in the main season, builds through the afternoon as the dunes heat, and holds until roughly 18:00. That is four to six usable hours; the last of it is the strongest.

The marks are the clock times the record names, laid on a 24-hour day. The bar between the first and the last covers those hours; it is not a promise of wind.

Nearbystraight-line distance

Backup spotsWhere riders go when the wind doesn't work here.

Harbour Wallno page yet
My Hoa Lagoon (Phan Rang)
Malibu Beach / Ganh Beach
The Cemeteryno page yet
Suoi Nuocno page yet
Turtle Island / Hon Ghe

The spot

Mui Ne is Vietnam's best-known kite area, and the riding is spread across several beach sections rather than one spot.

The beaches

The central Ham Tien/Rang Beach strip holds the schools and the resorts: cross to cross-onshore northeast monsoon wind, chop, small to medium waves, and a shorebreak that stands up at high tide and makes launching and landing awkward. Malibu/Ganh Beach, north and east of the strip, is wider and more of a wave beach, with a flatter nearshore band the schools teach in and cleaner lines breaking outside.

Season and timing

Season is the dry northeast monsoon, roughly November or mid-November through April, and January, February and March are the months worth booking; April is a coin toss.

Wind is normally in by late morning and keeps building as the dunes heat through the afternoon, so you rig big early and come down a size or two later.

Riding progression

Beginners do fine here with a school, and a beginner who plans to rig alone off a hotel frontage should not: this is open water with a shorebreak and a lot of traffic. Intermediates get freeride and progression time, while the hard afternoons, the waves, foiling through the light spells and the downwinders along the Phan Thiet coast are what keep better riders coming back.

Crowds

The density is the part nobody warns you about: peak season can put up to about 300 kiters on the same water, and that decides where you launch more than the forecast does.

The wind

locals call it Northeast monsoon / winter monsoon, thermally boosted by dunes

Direction

cross-on

Direction to shore

cross-on

Dominant direction

ENE to NE in the main season; SSW/SW lighter summer wind

Kite sizes

5678910111213141516

metres · typical quiver highlighted

The quiver, in words

For a 75-85 kg rider the high-season standard is 9 m. Mornings before the dunes heat up usually take 10-12 m, and by mid-afternoon most riders are on 9 m or 7 m; 7 m is the windiest-day size.Across the whole season an 8-13 m spread covers that weight. The May-September southwesterly is a different game: 14 m and up, or a foil.

Character

mixed

When it fills in: see above ↑

Average strength

Monthly averages of about 21 knots in January, 23 in February, 22 in March, 17 in April, 18 in November and 21 in December, falling to around 13 knots from June to September. The working peak-season range is 20-25 knots, and roughly 230 days a year see 12 knots or more.

Typical strength

15-25 knots through the main season, touching 30 on the strongest afternoons and 40-knot gusts on the worst of it. Malibu gets the harder end of it. Summer southwesterlies run roughly 10-20 knots.

Rideable through most of the dry-season window and at its steadiest January-March. The dune thermal stacks on top of the monsoon in the afternoon, so the wind often arrives stronger and gustier than the forecast said. Harbour Wall reportedly gets the worst of that once the direction shifts in the early afternoon.

The northeast monsoon runs from roughly mid-October or November through April, steadiest in January, February and March. April is the wobble: some operators still sell it as season, others treat it as the tail end and unreliable.

From May to September or October the wind swings light and southwesterly, 10-20 knots at best, which is foil, wingfoil and big-kite territory rather than twin-tip weather.

Forecast

Live forecast

Windguru Windfinder Windy

Month by month

riding season from the spot record · the wind series here holds no strength figure

No month-by-month share of windy days is held for this spot. The months riders and schools name are Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, and whatever the series does hold is in the table below.

Measured at Phan Thiet Airport, ~20 km from the spot (2005-2026 (long-term averages page; underlying sample size not stated)).

Every figure, month by monthWind from · Air

Month	Wind from	Air
Jan	E	26 °C
Feb	E	27 °C
Mar	E	28 °C
Apr	ESE	30 °C
May	S	30 °C
Jun	WSW	29 °C
Jul	WSW	28 °C
Aug	WSW	28 °C
Sep	WSW	28 °C
Oct	SE	28 °C
Nov	E	28 °C
Dec	E	27 °C

How this was measuredmeasured · 2005-2026 (long-term averages page; underlying sample size not stated)

What was recorded here is in the table above, but it holds no wind-strength figure for any month, so no season is drawn from it. The season is the one the spot record names.

A station this far away — often inland or at an airport — can understate accelerated local wind. The direction is a column of the table above, month by month. Highlighted months are the riding season from the spot record.

Phan Thiet Airport · windfinder.com · 2005-2026 (long-term averages page; underlying sample size not stated)

The water

Type

mixed

Standing depth

Not a lagoon. On the school stretch there are broad shallow patches where students can stand between the sand and the first breakers, which is where lessons happen. Past that it is open sea: chop, a wave line and no bottom to put a foot on.At Malibu the waves break 80-100 m out with shallower, calmer water inside them; Harbour Wall is flat but is a freestyle spot, not a stand-up teaching zone.

Tides

Two highs and two lows on most days along this stretch of coast, moving roughly 1.8 m between low and high on an ordinary day and closer to 3 m on the biggest springs.High water is when the central strip bites: the beach narrows, the shore dump stands up and launching gets awkward, sometimes impossible on the thinnest sections. Low water gives you sand to rig on and a gentler entry.No published height threshold marks the cut-off, so read the beach rather than the number.

Temperature

27.8 °C summer · 25.2 °C winter

Wetsuit

No full wetsuit normally needed; boardshorts/swimsuit plus rash vest are typical, with leggings useful when jellyfish are around.

Currents

Wave and current action on the main beach can make staying upwind harder, especially in boots or for weaker riders; no local current pattern is published.

Conditions

The main Mui Ne/Ham Tien beach is chop with small to medium waves. Malibu/Ganh Beach is flatter close in, with a wave line further out. Harbour Wall is a small, locally known flat-water spot, best in the morning before the wind builds and turns gusty; it is a freestyle corner rather than a teaching zone.

The bottom is reportedly sand, but walk your own launch and look for debris or rock before you ride it.

Your level

BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced

Learn with a school or off a managed kite station; self-launching into the busiest sections as a beginner is asking for trouble. Lessons run on the main beach in the morning and in Malibu's flatter nearshore band, but the shorebreak, the crowd and the hard afternoon wind mean this is no all-day beginner lagoon.

Intermediates get clean freeride and progression time. Advanced riders wait for the stronger afternoons, the kickers, the waves and the downwinders.

The scene

What riders come here for

freestylewavesbig airfreeridewave ridingwingfoilfoillessons with schoolsdownwinders

Who it suitsbeginner

A long-established international kite town, with plenty of schools, resorts, repair options and riders who stay for the season. The central strip is convenient and congested at peak; Malibu is where a lot of experienced riders end up after a few days, at the price of a scooter ride each way.

Launch and rules

three ways on to the water, and what each one asks of you

With a school or a boat

15 schools name this spot

See who they are

On your own

Room to launch: ok

Read the access rules

Somewhere else

2 spots nearby

All 2 spots within 40 km are under Nearby

Rescue

Rescue coverage

There is no municipal kite patrol and no rescue service you can call by number. In practice the kite station you ride from is your cover: the beach crew launch and land you and will come out if you are in trouble, which is the strongest argument for basing yourself at one rather than launching alone from a hotel frontage.

Emergency response

Rescue boats and jet skis are reportedly available through stations, but nothing sits on standby. An incident that puts a rider miles offshore becomes a matter for the authorities, and that takes time.

Launch

Beach launches along the Ham Tien/Rang Beach strip, reached either through a handful of narrow beach access roads or straight through the waterfront resorts.Most riders rig at a kite station: the corridor is kept clear, someone holds the kite, and you stay away from sunbathers.Malibu, about 15 minutes north, is a wider sand beach but a scooter ride from the central hotels. Harbour Wall, about 20 minutes south, is small.

Hazards riders report 18 reported

Wind

gusty afternoon thermal wind, particularly at Harbour Wall
Crowded peak-season water with students, freeriders, tourists and other watersports using the same wind window.
Afternoon wind can build quickly and stronger than forecasts because of thermal acceleration.
Harbour Wall is reported to become gusty after the wind direction shifts early afternoon.
Drifting offshore is a real risk if riders go out underpowered, alone or without rescue planning.
Harbour Wall turns gusty once the wind direction shifts in the early afternoon.

Crowds and zones

Very crowded water in peak season, reportedly up to ~300 kiters at once.
Fishing boats and multiple tricky sections are reported on longer downwinders toward Phan Thiet.
very crowded water in peak season - up to about 300 kiters at once
Fishing boats and several tricky sections on the longer downwinders toward Phan Thiet.
Jet skis and other rented watercraft share the water on the central strip.

Waves and currents

shore dump at high tide on the main beach
Swimmers sit low between the waves, and you often do not see one until you are almost on top of them.
Strong shorebreak at the central/main beach, especially at high tide and in stronger wind.
Rocky sections at The Cemetery and some wave spots leave little margin for error.
A tide swing near two metres means the beach you rigged on can be largely gone by the time you come in.

Other

Narrow beach sections and people or buildings downwind can make launching risky.
Jellyfish occur at times in the warm water; long rashwear or leggings reduce sting risk.

Rules & access

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No permit, licence or registration requirement for visiting kitesurfers appears in city or provincial rules as of 2026, and no posted seasonal kite ban; treat that as unconfirmed rather than as a guarantee.
The beach works on station rules rather than municipal ones (2026): launch and land from a kite station instead of the open hotel frontage, so that someone holds the kite and you are separated from swimmers and sunbathers.
Independent riders using a station's beach, compressor and showers are expected to take a storage arrangement, around $20 a week or $60 a month in 2026.
Standard right-of-way applies and is worth knowing before you go out: the central strip in peak season carries students, freeriders, swimmers and rented watercraft in the same wind window (2026).

Access rules drift faster than anything else we hold — check locally, and propose an edit if this has changed.

Schools that ride here

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Rider tips

Launch and land from a kite station rather than the open hotel frontage, and take the briefing on current, shorebreak and right-of-way first; the busiest sand is around Sunshine Beach Hotel, Sankara and Wax, and the Windchimes area is quieter.
Ride the morning for flat, near-empty water: rig a 12 m, plan on dropping to 9 m or 7 m once the dunes heat up, and wear a rash vest for the sun and the occasional jellyfish.
Check the tide table before an afternoon session on the central strip, because high water with 25 knots can leave too little beach to launch on.
Budget for the station: storage with compressor and showers runs about $20 a week or $60 a month (2026), and the beach boys who hold your kite expect about $1 a day (2026).
Use Harbour Wall in the morning and treat it as a freestyle corner, not an all-day beginner zone, because it turns gusty once the direction shifts in the early afternoon.
Look at Malibu/Ganh Beach and at how you would get there before booking a room on the main strip if you came for waves, and arrange local support for the downwinders toward Phan Thiet, where the fishing boats and the landing sections catch people out.

Getting there

Airport

Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) is the usual gateway; Cam Ranh (CXR) is another option but farther/slower by road.

Route

From Ho Chi Minh City the sleeper bus is the cheap default: about four hours from the District 1 ticket offices, under $10 in 2026, in a reclining booth seat, with a 20-30 minute taxi from the airport to the ticket office first.A private car goes door to door from the airport and starts around $50 in 2026. Trains run to Binh Thuan station, from where it is a taxi or Grab to the beach.Once there, scooters rent for 100,000-150,000 VND a day and short Grab hops start around 15,000 VND (2026).

Transfer (minutes)

180-240 from Ho Chi Minh City depending on transport and traffic; buses can be longer when city transfers are included.

Cost level

medium

Staying

Rooms run from homestays and guesthouses to beachfront resorts along the Nguyen Dinh Chieu/Mui Ne beach road. Surfpoint is based at Sea Horse Resort on the central strip. KITENAM is at Blue Shell Resort out on Malibu Beach, which is the one to book if you would rather walk to the waves than ride 15 minutes north every day.

No-wind days

Red and White Sand Dunes, the Fairy Stream, and the Mui Ne fishing village with its fish market. Surf before the wind fills in, or take a SUP out. Otherwise: seafood, yoga and gyms in town, and a scooter or car day up the coast to Phan Rang.

Photos

FAQ

Is Mui Ne suitable for beginners?

Yes, with a school: main-beach mornings and Malibu's flatter nearshore zone are used for lessons, though shorebreak and crowds mean it is not a sheltered lagoon.

When is the best time?

The main season runs October or mid-November through April, peaking January to March.

What is the wind like?

The northeast monsoon delivers 15-25+ kt, usually building around 10:00 and blowing until about 18:00, with monthly averages of 21-23 kt in the peak months.

What are the hazards?

Shorebreak is strongest at high tide on the central beach, and peak-season crowds can reach around 300 kiters at once.

How do you get there?

Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport (SGN) is the usual gateway, with road transfers of about 3 to 5 hours.

The bigger pictureEverything about Mui Ne

Last updated: August 2026