Low-rise village beach: beach clubs at the southern end, longtails and restaurants under the trees in the middle, a reef a short swim out.
Kamala · 2 km · Lifeguards: Yes · November–April · Revision 5. Sept. 2026
Kamala Beach is 2 km of sand in Kamala, open to the south-west monsoon, lifeguarded in daylight, reached by road free of charge. Best months to swim: November–April; rip-current risk from May to October: high. Good for swimming, children, snorkelling, sunset.
Kamala is two kilometres of sand in front of a low-rise village between Patong and Surin, wider at the southern end where the beach clubs took over the strip and narrower towards the fishing pier. In the high season it is a calm swimming beach with a sandy bottom and clear water; the reef a short swim off the southern end is worth a mask. The middle and north are village beach — a few loungers, longtails pulled up, restaurants under the trees. Wet-season surf is smaller than at Kata or Karon but the rips are real and the red flags go up on rough days; lifeguards patrol in daylight. Laem Sing, the cove over the northern headland, is the prettier day trip.
Quelle: phuket101 — Kamala Beach guide (5. Sept. 2026) · Alle Quellen
| Month | Sea state | Rough days | Sea °C | Best months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | ruhig | 0 | 28.8 | yes |
| Feb | ruhig | 0 | 29.1 | yes |
| Mar | ruhig | 0 | 29.8 | yes |
| Apr | ruhig | 0 | 30.7 | yes |
| May | leichte Dünung | 4 | 31.0 | — |
| Jun | leichte Dünung | 8 | 30.1 | — |
| Jul | rau | 13 | 29.9 | — |
| Aug | rau | 9 | 29.9 | — |
| Sep | rau | 12 | 29.2 | — |
| Oct | ruhig | 2 | 29.5 | — |
| Nov | ruhig | 0 | 29.8 | yes |
| Dec | ruhig | 0 | 29.0 | yes |
Quelle: Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026 (island rough-sea days, 2015–2025, damped for a beach that is open to the south-west monsoon); Open-Meteo Marine API (sea-surface temperature, 2022-12–2026-08).
Median monthly mean, west-coast grid point, 2022-12–2026-08 · Open-Meteo Marine API
Island rough-sea days, median per calendar month, 2015–2025; the beach's best months in the figure colour · Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026
The table above applies the island's marine normals to this beach: median rough-sea days per calendar month from Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026 (2015–2025, marine fields from 2022), damped by the beach's shelter, and median sea-surface temperature from Open-Meteo Marine API (2022-12–2026-08). Calm months here: October–April. Some swell: May–June. Rough: July–September. The sea is 28.8–31.0 °C as monthly medians, warm in every month; temperature never decides a swim on Phuket, the sea state does. The best-months row is the beach's own calm season and is derived, not opinion.
Kamala Beach is open to the south-west monsoon, which decides its year. It takes the south-west swell directly, so it follows the island's marine normals exactly: a calm sea in October–April and rough-sea days in May–September, when red flags fly on rough days and the rip-current risk is high. Lifeguards patrol in daylight; a red flag means the sea is closed to swimming, and the guards will whistle swimmers out. Caught in a rip: float, swim parallel to the beach until the pull stops, then in. Phuket records around 30–40 drownings a year, most of them between May and October on the open west coast; the hospitals catalogue names the nearest 24-hour emergency room from Kamala, and the emergency number is 1669. Jellyfish drift in after storms on the whole coast; vinegar is the first aid.
Beach clubs (Café del Mar and neighbours) on the southern stretch; a few loungers and restaurants under the trees further north.
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Beach road through the village; parking near the temple and the beach clubs.
$23 Airport taxi to Kamala, per car, index median, September 2026 · n = 5
Beach road through the village; parking near the temple and the beach clubs. There is no entry fee. The beach is 0.2 km from the centre of Kamala as the site defines it. From the airport, the taxi-counter fare to Kamala was $23 per car as the index median in September 2026 (5 observations); the airport-transfer page compares taxi, ride-hailing, minivan and the Smart Bus for the area. 26 km separate the airport from Kamala by road. The nearest other beaches in this catalogue are Laem Sing Beach (1.5 km), Surin Beach (2.6 km), Pansea Beach (3.4 km), Bang Tao Beach (4.9 km).
Beach clubs (Café del Mar and neighbours) on the southern stretch; a few loungers and restaurants under the trees further north. Loungers, where present, are rented by the day from licensed operators in zones set after the 2014–2016 clean-ups. Natural shade exists behind the beach. Food and drink are available at or just behind the beach. Nearby in the things-to-do catalogue: Phuket FantaSea (1.8 km), Carnival Magic (2 km). Hotels, villa rents and the cost of a day in Kamala are priced on the area page from the index.
In November–April, yes — the sea is calm on the island's marine normals. From May to October the rip-current risk is high: the beach takes the swell directly and flies red flags on rough days. Lifeguards are on duty in daylight. Red flag means no swimming; in an emergency call 1669.
November–April. The sea is calm here in October–April and rough in July–September, on the island's marine normals (Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026) applied to a beach that is open to the south-west monsoon. Sea temperature runs 28.8–31.0 °C through the year, so it is never the deciding factor.
Beach road through the village; parking near the temple and the beach clubs. Entry is free. The airport taxi to Kamala was $23 per car as the index median in September 2026; Kamala is 26 km from the airport by road.
Loungers, Restaurants, Toilets, Showers, Parking, Natural shade. Beach clubs (Café del Mar and neighbours) on the southern stretch; a few loungers and restaurants under the trees further north. Other beaches in Kamala: Laem Sing Beach.
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