Rocky northern extension of 빠통 bay: reef flat at low tide, the island's best-known surf break in the green season, seafood restaurants on the road.
빠통 · 800 m · 없음 · November–March · Revision 2026년 9월 5일
Kalim Beach is 800 m of sand in 빠통, open to the south-west monsoon, without lifeguards, reached by 도로 free of charge. Best months to swim: November–March; rip-current risk from May to October: high. Good for surfing, sunset.
Kalim is where 빠통 bay ends: a narrow strip of sand and rock north of the town, with a flat reef exposed at low tide and a right-hand point break that works from May to October and gives the island its annual surf contest. It is not a swimming beach — the reef and the rocks see to that — and there are no loungers, no lifeguards and no facilities beyond the seafood restaurants and bars on the road above, which have the best sunset tables on the 빠통 side. In the calm months it is a place to walk at low tide, watch the paddle-boarders and eat; in the wet months it is a surf spot for people who already surf. 빠통's sand starts five minutes' walk south.
출처: phuket101 — Patong Beach guide (Kalim) (2026년 9월 5일) · 전체 출처
| 월 | 바다 상태 | 거친 날 | 수온 °C | 좋은 달 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 잔잔함 | 0 | 28.8 | 예 |
| Feb | 잔잔함 | 0 | 29.1 | 예 |
| Mar | 잔잔함 | 0 | 29.8 | 예 |
| Apr | 잔잔함 | 0 | 30.7 | — |
| May | 약한 너울 | 4 | 31.0 | — |
| Jun | 약한 너울 | 8 | 30.1 | — |
| Jul | 거침 | 13 | 29.9 | — |
| Aug | 거침 | 9 | 29.9 | — |
| Sep | 거침 | 12 | 29.2 | — |
| Oct | 잔잔함 | 2 | 29.5 | — |
| Nov | 잔잔함 | 0 | 29.8 | 예 |
| Dec | 잔잔함 | 0 | 29.0 | 예 |
출처: 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.
Kalim 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. There are no lifeguards at any time, and no one is watching on a rough day. 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 빠통, and the emergency number is 1669. Jellyfish drift in after storms on the whole coast; vinegar is the first aid.
No loungers or vendors on the sand; restaurants and bars along the coast road above.
도로 · 무료
Coast road between 빠통 and 까말라; roadside parking.
$24 공항에서 빠통까지 택시, 차량 1대, 지수 중앙값, 2026년 9월 · n = 16
Coast road between 빠통 and 까말라; roadside parking. There is no entry fee. The beach is 1.7 km from the centre of 빠통 as the site defines it. From the airport, the taxi-counter fare to 빠통 was $24 per car as the index median in 2026년 9월 (16 observations); the airport-transfer page compares taxi, ride-hailing, minivan and the Smart Bus for the area. 32 km separate the airport from 빠통 by road. The nearest other beaches in this catalogue are Patong Beach (1.6 km), Tri Trang Beach (3.5 km), Paradise Beach (4.4 km), Kamala Beach (5 km).
No loungers or vendors on the sand; restaurants and bars along the coast road above. There are no loungers on the sand; bring shade. 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: Bangla Boxing Stadium (1.9 km), Bangla Road, 빠통 (2 km), Jungceylon, 빠통 (2.1 km), Simon Cabaret, 빠통 (2.7 km). Hotels, villa rents and the cost of a day in 빠통 are priced on the area page from the index.
In November–March, 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. There are no lifeguards. Red flag means no swimming; in an emergency call 1669.
November–March. 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. For surfing the answer is the opposite: May to October.
Coast road between 빠통 and 까말라; roadside parking. Entry is free. The airport taxi to 빠통 was $24 per car as the index median in 2026년 9월; 빠통 is 32 km from the airport by road.
식당, 주차; not 선베드, 화장실, 샤워장, 자연 그늘. No loungers or vendors on the sand; restaurants and bars along the coast road above. Other beaches in 빠통: Patong Beach, Tri Trang Beach, Paradise Beach, Freedom Beach.
컨시어지
빌라, 요트, 헬리콥터, 프라이빗 투어를 하나의 프로그램으로 — 날짜가 표기된 가격 참고치와 단일 담당자.