Пляжи Пхукета: все 25 в сравнении — море по месяцам, безопасность, инфраструктура (2026)
25 пляжей от Май Кхао до Ао Йон — 40.4 км песка — сравниваются по тому, что решает день: есть ли спасатели, насколько пляж открыт юго-западному муссону, что осталось на песке после зачисток 2025 года, как добраться и когда море спокойное. Состояние и температура моря — из морского реанализа, а не из чьих-то мнений.
Отсортированы с севера на юг вдоль западного побережья, затем юг и восток. Риск обратных течений выведен из открытости пляжа юго-западному муссону и островных норм штормовых дней, а не вписан вручную для каждого пляжа.
measured along the sand on OpenStreetMap imagery, September 2026, rounded to 100 m. Lifeguards: Phuket Lifeguard Service coverage as reported by The Phuket News and Phuket.Net beach-safety articles, 2025. Rip risk: exposure × island rough-sea normals (Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026).
Лучшие для купания
Gentle or moderate gradient, clear water in the calm months, sand rather than rock at the waterline.
Nai Yang BeachНай Янг · 3 km · Нет спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonThe airport beach: casuarina shade for most of its length, a gentle gradient, plane-spotting at the runway end, a reef offshore.
Nai Thon BeachНай Тон · 1 km · Нет спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonSecluded bay inside the national park with pale sand, rocks and coral at both headlands and one row of restaurants.
Layan BeachЛаян · 1.5 km · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsThe calm northern end of Банг Тао bay inside the national park: river mouth, Koh Kala at low tide, no strip.
Bang Tao BeachБанг Тао · 6 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonSix kilometres from the Сурин headland to Лаян: beach clubs and Laguna loungers in the south, empty sand in the middle, fishing boats in the north.
Pansea BeachСурин · 300 m · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsSheltered cove north of Сурин fronted by Amanpuri and The Surin; public by law, private in practice.
Surin BeachСурин · 800 m · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonShort, steep, upscale beach cleared of vendors and loungers in 2025; excellent high-season swimming, a dumping shore-break in the wet.
Kamala BeachКамала · 2 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonLow-rise village beach: beach clubs at the southern end, longtails and restaurants under the trees in the middle, a reef a short swim out.
Patong BeachПатонг · 3.5 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonWide, gently shelving town beach: loungers and jet-skis in the middle, quieter ends at Kalim and the southern rocks.
Karon BeachКарон · 3 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonThree kilometres of fine 'squeaky' sand with a steep shore-break; space to spare, mid-range resorts behind the road.
Kata Beach (Kata Yai)Ката · 1.5 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonFamily bay with a gentle gradient, Koh Pu island offshore, surf schools at the north end in the green season.
Kata Noi BeachКата · 700 m · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonShorter, steeper and quieter than Kata Yai; two large resorts and little else.
Nai Harn BeachНай Харн · 700 m · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonLake-backed bay between two headlands with the clearest high-season water in the south; a yacht anchorage in the calm months.
Ao Yon Beach (Cape Panwa)Панва · 500 m · Нет спасатели · sheltered from the south-west monsoonSheltered east-coast bay on the Панва cape: calm, shallow, tree-fringed and swimmable through the monsoon.
Лучшие с детьми
Shallow entry, shade or facilities within reach, and either lifeguards or shelter from the swell.
Nai Yang BeachНай Янг · 3 km · Нет спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonThe airport beach: casuarina shade for most of its length, a gentle gradient, plane-spotting at the runway end, a reef offshore.
Banana BeachНай Тон · 150 m · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsTiny cove between Лаян and Най Тон with good snorkelling; a beach club and car park opened at the north end in late 2025.
Layan BeachЛаян · 1.5 km · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsThe calm northern end of Банг Тао bay inside the national park: river mouth, Koh Kala at low tide, no strip.
Bang Tao BeachБанг Тао · 6 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonSix kilometres from the Сурин headland to Лаян: beach clubs and Laguna loungers in the south, empty sand in the middle, fishing boats in the north.
Kamala BeachКамала · 2 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonLow-rise village beach: beach clubs at the southern end, longtails and restaurants under the trees in the middle, a reef a short swim out.
Patong BeachПатонг · 3.5 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonWide, gently shelving town beach: loungers and jet-skis in the middle, quieter ends at Kalim and the southern rocks.
Paradise BeachПатонг · 150 m · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsSmall privately managed cove with two beaches, a beach club, kayaks and snorkelling; day-pass model.
Kata Beach (Kata Yai)Ката · 1.5 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonFamily bay with a gentle gradient, Koh Pu island offshore, surf schools at the north end in the green season.
Nai Harn BeachНай Харн · 700 m · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonLake-backed bay between two headlands with the clearest high-season water in the south; a yacht anchorage in the calm months.
Ya Nui BeachНай Харн · 150 m · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsSmall cove on the Promthep road with a rock-and-coral reef for snorkelling from the sand; kayaks for rent.
Laem Ka BeachРаваи · 200 m · Нет спасатели · sheltered from the south-west monsoonSheltered east-facing cove between Раваи and Чалонг, reached through private land; calm water in the green season.
Ao Yon Beach (Cape Panwa)Панва · 500 m · Нет спасатели · sheltered from the south-west monsoonSheltered east-coast bay on the Панва cape: calm, shallow, tree-fringed and swimmable through the monsoon.
Пляжи для сёрфинга
Beach breaks that work in the south-west monsoon (May–September) — the same swell that closes them to swimmers.
Kalim BeachПатонг · 800 m · Нет спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonRocky northern extension of Патонг bay: reef flat at low tide, the island's best-known surf break in the green season, seafood restaurants on the road.
Karon BeachКарон · 3 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonThree kilometres of fine 'squeaky' sand with a steep shore-break; space to spare, mid-range resorts behind the road.
Kata Beach (Kata Yai)Ката · 1.5 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonFamily bay with a gentle gradient, Koh Pu island offshore, surf schools at the north end in the green season.
Nai Harn BeachНай Харн · 700 m · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonLake-backed bay between two headlands with the clearest high-season water in the south; a yacht anchorage in the calm months.
Тихие пляжи
No beach clubs, few loungers, and either a long stretch of sand or an awkward way in.
Mai Khao BeachМай Кхао · 11 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonEleven kilometres of wide, steep, exposed sand in the north with resorts spaced far apart; turtle nesting in the cool months.
Nai Yang BeachНай Янг · 3 km · Нет спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonThe airport beach: casuarina shade for most of its length, a gentle gradient, plane-spotting at the runway end, a reef offshore.
Nai Thon BeachНай Тон · 1 km · Нет спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonSecluded bay inside the national park with pale sand, rocks and coral at both headlands and one row of restaurants.
Banana BeachНай Тон · 150 m · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsTiny cove between Лаян and Най Тон with good snorkelling; a beach club and car park opened at the north end in late 2025.
Layan BeachЛаян · 1.5 km · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsThe calm northern end of Банг Тао bay inside the national park: river mouth, Koh Kala at low tide, no strip.
Bang Tao BeachБанг Тао · 6 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonSix kilometres from the Сурин headland to Лаян: beach clubs and Laguna loungers in the south, empty sand in the middle, fishing boats in the north.
Pansea BeachСурин · 300 m · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsSheltered cove north of Сурин fronted by Amanpuri and The Surin; public by law, private in practice.
Surin BeachСурин · 800 m · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonShort, steep, upscale beach cleared of vendors and loungers in 2025; excellent high-season swimming, a dumping shore-break in the wet.
Laem Sing BeachКамала · 300 m · Нет спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonGolden cove under granite boulders between Камала and Сурин; no road since 2017 — boat or rock path from Сурин.
Tri Trang BeachПатонг · 500 m · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsQuiet, rocky cove south of Патонг below a resort; shallow reef, better at high tide.
Paradise BeachПатонг · 150 m · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsSmall privately managed cove with two beaches, a beach club, kayaks and snorkelling; day-pass model.
Freedom BeachПатонг · 300 m · Нет спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonBoat- or path-only cove of pale sand between granite headlands; the island's 'secret beach' that everyone knows.
Karon BeachКарон · 3 km · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonThree kilometres of fine 'squeaky' sand with a steep shore-break; space to spare, mid-range resorts behind the road.
Kata Noi BeachКата · 700 m · Есть спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonShorter, steeper and quieter than Kata Yai; two large resorts and little else.
Nui BeachКата · 200 m · Нет спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonTiny cove below the Karon Viewpoint road, reached by a steep track; a beach-club operation was ordered removed in 2026.
Ao Sane BeachНай Харн · 100 m · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsThree tiny coves of coarse sand and boulders past the Най Харн hotel driveway; snorkelling and a dive-centre feel.
Ya Nui BeachНай Харн · 150 m · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsSmall cove on the Promthep road with a rock-and-coral reef for snorkelling from the sand; kayaks for rent.
Laem Ka BeachРаваи · 200 m · Нет спасатели · sheltered from the south-west monsoonSheltered east-facing cove between Раваи and Чалонг, reached through private land; calm water in the green season.
Ao Yon Beach (Cape Panwa)Панва · 500 m · Нет спасатели · sheltered from the south-west monsoonSheltered east-coast bay on the Панва cape: calm, shallow, tree-fringed and swimmable through the monsoon.
Пляжи без дороги
Reached by path, boat or a walk round the rocks; none has lifeguards, and none is reachable by boat in the swell.
Pansea BeachСурин · 300 m · Нет спасатели · partly sheltered by headlandsSheltered cove north of Сурин fronted by Amanpuri and The Surin; public by law, private in practice.
Laem Sing BeachКамала · 300 m · Нет спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonGolden cove under granite boulders between Камала and Сурин; no road since 2017 — boat or rock path from Сурин.
Freedom BeachПатонг · 300 m · Нет спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonBoat- or path-only cove of pale sand between granite headlands; the island's 'secret beach' that everyone knows.
Nui BeachКата · 200 m · Нет спасатели · open to the south-west monsoonTiny cove below the Karon Viewpoint road, reached by a steep track; a beach-club operation was ordered removed in 2026.
Laem Ka BeachРаваи · 200 m · Нет спасатели · sheltered from the south-west monsoonSheltered east-facing cove between Раваи and Чалонг, reached through private land; calm water in the green season.
Флаги, обратные течения (рипы) и муссон
Phuket's beaches are almost all on the west coast, facing the Andaman, and the Andaman has two states. From October–April the north-east monsoon blows offshore, the sea is flat and clear, and every beach in this catalogue is a swimming beach. From May–September the south-west monsoon blows onshore, the marine reanalysis records a median of 13 rough-sea days in July (waves over the site's threshold, 4 years of data since the marine series began in 2022), and the open beaches turn into surf beaches with rip currents. The exposure column in this catalogue is the whole story in one word: 'open' beaches — Май Кхао, Най Янг, Най Тон, Банг Тао, Сурин, Laem Sing, Камала, Kalim, Патонг, Freedom, Карон, Ката, Ката-Ной, Nui, Най Харн — take the swell directly; 'partly sheltered' coves sit behind a headland that takes the edge off; 'sheltered' beaches — Раваи, Laem Ka, Ao Yon — face east or south-east with the island between them and the weather and swim all year. The rip-current label for May–October is derived from that exposure and the island's rough-sea normals, not typed per beach, which is why it is consistent and why it should be read as a rule, not a forecast.
The island runs 40.4 km of sand across the 25 beaches here, from Mai Khao Beach (11 km) to Ao Sane Beach (100 m). Lengths were measured along the sand on map imagery and rounded; they matter because the long beaches (Май Кхао, Банг Тао, Карон, Патонг, Най Янг) have room to walk away from the crowd and the short coves do not, and because a long open beach is where a rip has the most room to form.
Phuket records around 30–40 drownings a year, most of them between May and October and most of them foreign visitors who swam through a red flag; in 2025 at least fourteen foreign tourists had drowned by October. The mechanism is the rip current: water pushed onto the beach by the swell runs back out to sea through a gap in the sandbar as a narrow, fast channel that pulls a swimmer away from the shore in seconds and cannot be seen from the sand. Steep beaches — Карон, Сурин, Май Кхао — are the worst because the shore-break dumps close in and the channels are deep; long gentle beaches — Ката, Банг Тао, Най Янг — are kinder but not safe. Red flag means no swimming. Yellow means caution. A rescue starts with not fighting the current: float, swim parallel to the beach, then in.
Lifeguards are a municipal service and cover 10 of the 25 beaches here — Май Кхао, Банг Тао, Сурин, Камала, Патонг, Карон, Ката, Ката-Ной, Най Харн, Раваи — in daylight hours, roughly 08:00 to 18:00, with the big resorts posting their own in front of their frontage on Май Кхао. Карон's three kilometres are patrolled by just over twenty guards spaced along the beach. None of the small coves — Freedom, Paradise, Laem Sing, Banana, Nui, Ya Nui, Ao Sane, Laem Ka — has any, and none of the boat-only coves is reachable in the swell anyway. After dark there are no lifeguards anywhere. Jellyfish arrive after storms on the whole west coast; vinegar is the first aid and the beach-club staff, who are in the water daily, are the best source on the day.
Море по месяцам
Морские нормы по всему острову: медиана штормовых дней в месяц (2015–2025) и медиана температуры поверхности моря (2022-12–2026-08). На закрытом пляже спокойнее, чем в среднем по острову; на открытом — нет.
Месяц
Море
Штормовых дней
Море, °C
Дождь, мм
Jan
спокойно
0
28.8
37
Feb
спокойно
0
29.1
21
Mar
спокойно
0
29.8
73
Apr
спокойно
0
30.7
183
May
лёгкая волна
4
31.0
343
Jun
лёгкая волна
8
30.1
275
Jul
волна
13
29.9
241
Aug
волна
9
29.9
270
Sep
волна
12
29.2
309
Oct
спокойно
2
29.5
340
Nov
спокойно
0
29.8
270
Dec
спокойно
0
29.0
113
Источник: Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026 (rough-sea days, rain); Open-Meteo Marine API (sea-surface temperature). Sea state thresholds: calm ≤ 2 rough days, some swell 3–8, rough > 8.
Median of the monthly mean sea-surface temperature per calendar month, 2022-12–2026-08 · Open-Meteo Marine API
Days with waves above the rough threshold, median per calendar month; rough months in the figure colour · Open-Meteo (ERA5), 2015–2026
What is on the sand: the 2016 and 2025 clean-ups
The facilities columns in this catalogue reflect two rounds of enforcement. In 2014–2016 the military government cleared the beach clubs, restaurants and lounger operators that had colonised the sand, then allowed licensed loungers back in zones covering a tenth of each beach. In 2025 the vendors, chairs and loungers that had crept back onto Сурин were moved across the beach road, leaving it bare; late in 2025 Banana Beach went the other way, gaining a car park, a beach club and numbered sunbeds; and in 2026 the Royal Forest Department ordered the beach club at Nui Beach removed from protected forest and the minister stated that no one may charge entry there. So Сурин has excellent swimming and no loungers, Banana has loungers and a parking fee, Nui is free and uncertain, and Патонг, Ката, Карон and Камала have their licensed zones. The beach pages carry the detail and the date.
Entry fees are rare and small: 22 of the 25 beaches are free to walk onto. The exceptions are the privately accessed coves near Патонг (Freedom's path, Paradise's day package), Banana's car park, and the Sirinat National Park section of Най Янг and Май Кхао, where the 200 THB foreign-adult park fee applies inside the headquarters boundary and not on the village beach. Loungers, where they exist, are rented by the day from the licensed operators; a public beach in Thailand is public below the high-water mark and no hotel can close it.
Which beach, by what you want
For swimming in the high season: any of them, and the clearest water is at Най Харн, Ката-Ной, Най Тон and Сурин. For children: Най Харн, Ката, Банг Тао, Камала, Най Янг and Лаян for the gentle gradients and facilities, Ao Yon and Laem Ka for calm water in the wet season. For snorkelling from the sand: Ya Nui, Ao Sane, Banana, Най Тон's northern rocks, Freedom's headlands and Laem Sing. For surfing: Kata Yai first, then Kalim, Карон's northern end, Най Харн and Ката-Ной, from May to October only. For quiet: Май Кхао, the middle of Банг Тао, Лаян, Най Тон, and any of the no-road coves early in the morning. For a beach with a town: Патонг, Ката, Карон and Камала. For sunset: the whole west coast, but the Windmill Viewpoint above Най Харн and the beach clubs of Банг Тао and Камала are where people go on purpose.
Two beaches are on the list for honesty rather than swimming: Раваи, which is a longtail shore and a seafood market and the departure point for the southern islands, and Kalim, which is a reef and a surf break. And two areas the site tracks have no beach at all — Пхукет-Таун and Чалонг — which is why their pages point here.
Sea by month, and how to read the tables
The sea-by-month table is island-wide: one marine reanalysis point off the west coast, median rough-sea days and median rainfall per calendar month over 2015–2025 (marine fields from 2022), and median sea-surface temperature from 2022-12 to 2026-08. The sea is warm in every month — 28.8 °C in January to 31.0 °C in May — so temperature never decides a swim on Phuket; the sea state does. A sheltered beach is calmer than the island figure in every month; an open beach is exactly the island figure. Each beach page applies that rule month by month. The best-months column is the beach's own calm season: November to April on the open west coast, all year on the sheltered east and south-east coves, October added where a headland calms the tail of the monsoon.
Nothing on this page is measured by us on the beach. Lengths are map measurements, lifeguard coverage is the municipal service as reported by the local press in 2025, facilities are as reported after the clean-ups, and the sea data is reanalysis. Where a source is uncertain — the Paradise Beach fee, the Laem Ka gate, Nui's structures — the catalogue says so rather than picking a number. The hotels, villa rents and airport transfer for the area behind each beach are on the area pages, priced from the index.
There is no single answer, and this catalogue does not rank. For clear-water swimming in the high season the residents' answers are Най Харн, Ката-Ной, Най Тон and Сурин; for families Ката, Банг Тао, Най Харн and Най Янг; for quiet, Май Кхао and Лаян; for a beach with a town behind it, Патонг, Ката and Карон. The table above compares all 25 on length, lifeguards, rip risk, access, fee and best months, with the sources on each beach page.
When is the sea in Phuket calm enough to swim?
From October–April on every beach. The marine normals put rough-sea days in May–September, peaking in July (13 rough days, median), when the open west-coast beaches fly red flags on rough days. The 3 sheltered beaches — Раваи, Laem Ka, Ao Yon — face away from the south-west monsoon and are swimmable all year; the partly sheltered coves are a judgement on the day.
Which Phuket beaches have lifeguards?
10 of the 25: Май Кхао, Банг Тао, Сурин, Камала, Патонг, Карон, Ката, Ката-Ной, Най Харн, Раваи, in daylight hours (about 08:00–18:00), per the municipal Phuket Lifeguard Service as reported in 2025; the Май Кхао resorts post their own. None of the small or boat-only coves has any, and there are no lifeguards anywhere after dark. In an emergency call 1669.
What do the red flags on Phuket beaches mean?
Red means the sea is closed to swimming because of rip currents or surf; yellow means caution. Phuket records around 30–40 drownings a year, most between May and October and most involving visitors who swam past a red flag. Caught in a rip: do not swim against it — float, swim parallel to the beach until the pull stops, then in. The steep beaches (Карон, Сурин, Май Кхао) are the most dangerous because the shore-break dumps close in.
Which beaches in Phuket are swimmable in the rainy season?
The ones that face away from the south-west monsoon: Раваи, Laem Ka, Ao Yon — Ao Yon on the Панва cape is the standby, calm and shallow with restaurants; Laem Ka near Раваи is a cove through private land; Раваи itself is calm but a boat shore, not a swim. Лаян, at the sheltered northern end of Банг Тао, is often swimmable when Сурин and Ката are flagged, without a lifeguard post. Everything else is a red-flag question on the day.
Which Phuket beaches are free, and which charge?
22 of 25 are free to walk onto. Freedom Beach charges 100–200 THB on its private path (or a longtail per boat), Paradise Beach sells a day package of about 200 THB (its policy changed in 2025), Banana Beach's new car park costs about 100 THB, and the Sirinat National Park headquarters section of Най Янг charges the 200 THB foreign park fee — the village beach does not. Loungers are rented by the day everywhere they exist. Nui Beach's former entrance fee was ruled unlawful in 2026.
How warm is the sea in Phuket?
Between 28.8 °C (January) and 31.0 °C (May) as monthly medians from Open-Meteo Marine API data, 2022-12 to 2026-08 — warm enough to swim in every month. The sea state, not the temperature, decides whether a beach is swimmable; Nai Harn Beach, for example, is a clear calm bay in February and a surf beach in August.
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