Thailand Surfrider Magazine Issue2

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Nai Harn Beach หาดในหาน

Wind Turns into a washing machine in anything but light onshore or offshore winds. Good place to go if the swell is small and the wind calm or offshore.

Tip Very occasionally at the beginning and end of the Southwest Monsoon, and sometimes even during the high season, a groundswell will sneak past the tip of Sumatra and hit Phuket. This will be characterized by glassy 1 to 2 foot lines hitting most of the beaches. If you're lucky and everything comes together, the sandbar at Nai Harn's South end can be 6 foot and pumping.

3. Nai Harn Beach Overview A relatively short stretch of sand at the South tip of the island, Nai Harn is possibly Phuket's most picturesque beach. A lake just inland is sometimes drained into the sea at the South end of the bay creating a perfect left hand sandbar especially at the beginning and end of the Southwest monsoon. Nai Harn is also open to rare South groundswells in the high season.

Description Beach Break. In the right conditions, waves bounce off the rock headland at the South end and peak up on a sandbar creating a hollow, fast left hander. There is also a right and left breaking in the middle of the beach.

Size 2 - 7 feet

Direction

Tide

Right and Left

All tides

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