Shorter, steeper and quieter than Kata Yai; two large resorts and little else.
卡塔 · 700 m · 救生员: 有 · November–April · Revision 2026年9月5日
Kata Noi Beach is 700 m of sand in 卡塔, open to the south-west monsoon, lifeguarded in daylight, reached by 公路 free of charge. Best months to swim: November–April; rip-current risk from May to October: high. Good for swimming, quiet, sunset.
小卡塔 is 卡塔'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 卡塔. Surfers use the southern end when Kata Yai is crowded. Nui Beach, the small cove beyond the next headland, is a steep track away.
来源: Wikipedia — Hat 小卡塔 (2026年9月5日) · 全部来源
| 月份 | 海况 | 大浪天 | 水温 °C | 最佳月份 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 平静 | 0 | 28.8 | 是 |
| Feb | 平静 | 0 | 29.1 | 是 |
| Mar | 平静 | 0 | 29.8 | 是 |
| Apr | 平静 | 0 | 30.7 | 是 |
| May | 轻微涌浪 | 4 | 31.0 | — |
| Jun | 轻微涌浪 | 8 | 30.1 | — |
| Jul | 风浪 | 13 | 29.9 | — |
| Aug | 风浪 | 9 | 29.9 | — |
| Sep | 风浪 | 12 | 29.2 | — |
| Oct | 平静 | 2 | 29.5 | — |
| Nov | 平静 | 0 | 29.8 | 是 |
| Dec | 平静 | 0 | 29.0 | 是 |
来源: 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 卡塔, 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.
公路 · 免费
Five minutes over the hill from 卡塔 by road; limited parking at the northern end.
$29 机场出租车到卡塔, 每车，指数中位数, 2026年9月 · n = 11
Five minutes over the hill from 卡塔 by road; limited parking at the northern end. There is no entry fee. The beach is 1.3 km from the centre of 卡塔 as the site defines it. From the airport, the taxi-counter fare to 卡塔 was $29 per car as the index median in 2026年9月 (11 observations); the airport-transfer page compares taxi, ride-hailing, minivan and the Smart Bus for the area. 42 km separate the airport from 卡塔 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), 卡塔 (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 卡塔 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 卡塔 by road; limited parking at the northern end. Entry is free. The airport taxi to 卡塔 was $29 per car as the index median in 2026年9月; 卡塔 is 42 km from the airport by road.
躺椅, 餐厅, 厕所, 淋浴, 停车; not 天然遮荫. Resort loungers and a few licensed vendors; restaurants in the resorts and on the access road. Other beaches in 卡塔: Kata Beach (Kata Yai), Nui Beach.
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