Shorter, steeper and quieter than Kata Yai; two large resorts and little else.
कता · 700 m · लाइफ़गार्ड: हाँ · November–April · Revision 5 सित॰ 2026
Kata Noi Beach is 700 m of sand in कता, open to the south-west monsoon, lifeguarded in daylight, reached by सड़क free of charge. Best months to swim: November–April; rip-current risk from May to October: high. Good for swimming, quiet, sunset.
Kata Noi is कता's little sister over the headland to the south: seven hundred metres of sand, slightly steeper than Kata Yai, with the Katathani resort taking most of the frontage and the Karon Viewpoint road climbing away behind. Because there is almost no town, it is quiet even in February, and the water is as clear as anywhere on the west coast in the calm months. The steeper profile means a dumping shore-break in the green season and rips at both ends; it is lifeguarded in daylight and red-flagged on the same days as कता. Surfers use the southern end when Kata Yai is crowded. Nui Beach, the small cove beyond the next headland, is a steep track away.
स्रोत: Wikipedia — Hat Kata Noi (5 सित॰ 2026) · सभी स्रोत
| महीना | समुद्र की हालत | उग्र दिन | समुद्र °C | सबसे अच्छे महीने |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | शांत | 0 | 28.8 | हाँ |
| Feb | शांत | 0 | 29.1 | हाँ |
| Mar | शांत | 0 | 29.8 | हाँ |
| Apr | शांत | 0 | 30.7 | हाँ |
| May | हल्की लहरें | 4 | 31.0 | — |
| Jun | हल्की लहरें | 8 | 30.1 | — |
| Jul | उफनता | 13 | 29.9 | — |
| Aug | उफनता | 9 | 29.9 | — |
| Sep | उफनता | 12 | 29.2 | — |
| Oct | शांत | 2 | 29.5 | — |
| Nov | शांत | 0 | 29.8 | हाँ |
| Dec | शांत | 0 | 29.0 | हाँ |
स्रोत: 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.
Kata Noi 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 कता, and the emergency number is 1669. Jellyfish drift in after storms on the whole coast; vinegar is the first aid.
Resort loungers and a few licensed vendors; restaurants in the resorts and on the access road.
सड़क · मुफ़्त
Five minutes over the hill from कता by road; limited parking at the northern end.
$29 एयरपोर्ट टैक्सी कता तक, प्रति कार, इंडेक्स माध्यिका, सितंबर 2026 · n = 11
Five minutes over the hill from कता by road; limited parking at the northern end. There is no entry fee. The beach is 1.3 km from the centre of कता as the site defines it. From the airport, the taxi-counter fare to कता was $29 per car as the index median in सितंबर 2026 (11 observations); the airport-transfer page compares taxi, ride-hailing, minivan and the Smart Bus for the area. 42 km separate the airport from कता by road. The nearest other beaches in this catalogue are Kata Beach (Kata Yai) (1.3 km), Nui Beach (1.5 km), Ao Sane Beach (3.2 km), Karon Beach (4 km).
Resort loungers and a few licensed vendors; restaurants in the resorts and on the access road. Loungers, where present, are rented by the day from licensed operators in zones set after the 2014–2016 clean-ups. There is little natural shade on the sand. Food and drink are available at or just behind the beach. Nearby in the things-to-do catalogue: Surf House Phuket (flowrider), कता (1.3 km), Karon Viewpoint (1.4 km), Surf lesson at Kata Beach (1.6 km). Hotels, villa rents and the cost of a day in कता 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.
Five minutes over the hill from कता by road; limited parking at the northern end. Entry is free. The airport taxi to कता was $29 per car as the index median in सितंबर 2026; कता is 42 km from the airport by road.
लाउंजर, रेस्तराँ, शौचालय, शॉवर, पार्किंग; not प्राकृतिक छाया. Resort loungers and a few licensed vendors; restaurants in the resorts and on the access road. Other beaches in कता: Kata Beach (Kata Yai), Nui Beach.
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