Kitesurfing Vietnam - Mui Ne Vietnams Top Kitesurfing Spot
Kitesurfing in Vietnam - Mui Ne Spot Guide by KSB Kitesurf Barcelona - Kitesurfing Barcelona
KSB organized a visit to Mui Ne. Here a little Spot overview.
When to go?
Best season from December to March but November to end of April is good.
Mui Ne is small hamlet 240km north east of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh Town). It takes roughly 5 hours to get there by bus. Most accommodation and restaurants are on the key beach, about 5km out of the city. Nightlife is cool as there are plenty of bars and discos directly on the beach and the atmosphere is relaxed. The people in Mui Ne are a mix of back-packers and kite surfers, although resorts with mainly Russian holiday makers can be found near the start of the beach. In Mui Ne there are several spots that may be simply reached by taxi, motorbike or even kiting up and downwind. Here are our favourite spots that are a must see if you're kiting in Mui Ne:
Mui Ne main beach (Rang Beach) :
The wind blows usually cross shore and is quite gusty close to the beach because it passes first over the Mui Ne Headland. That's the reason why the conditions are best if the wind turns more onshore. There's also a gigantic shore break that makes entering and water start quite hard for for amateurs. At summer season it could also get crowded close to the main launching areas as as an example Wax beach club, where compressors for pumping up the kite are available. The main merit of this spot is that it is in front of the beach side accommodations and there's always good crowd to hang with.
Mui Ne Village:
After a 5min ride, just before getting into the village you can get access to the beach from the road. There aren't a lot of folks kiting here. Water is clean and flat, but the beach is quite tiny and the wind is influenced from stumbling blocks of Mui ne Town. There are some points with little wind like on the beach itself. Only few meters into the water the wind gets stronger. This is a total flat water spot excellent for free style. I had one of my best sessions on that spot but watch out for glass and other dangerous stuff on the beach and your belongings as it is about in the town.
Malibu Beach (Hon Rom Beach) :
Malibu beach at Malibu beach resort is on the other side of the Mui Ne Headland. By taxi it's about 15min and $6 to get there. The wind here is not so gusty, as it comes directly from the sea and is mostly also much stronger than those on the primary beach. There are good waves and I actually enjoyed the onshore wind because you can just park the kite overhead and surf the wave in both directions as there is no pull to one direction or the other. It was the most like surfing where all of the force is in the same direction as the wave. Only if the wind gets really robust (above 30kn) the wave begin to break to early what makes the wave riding on that spot almost impossible.
Turtle Island (Suoi Nuoc) :
It's the most distant spot from Mui Ne. A chilled motorbike ride will take you about only 40 min for you to get there. After passing the red dunes you just have to follow the key street until you see the small island. It's the 2nd bay after the Mui Ne spur and the ride is definitely worthwhile. There are white dunes that have to be crossed while walking in order to access the spot. The launching area is good and the beach is shockingly clean. It is a attractive place. Behind the island there's flat water but also almost no wind. Unfortunately, the flat water area is reduced to about 30 meters. There is a very powerful current that makes it quite difficult to stay upwind. With a gang this spot would be rotten for noobs, but often there are only only a few kites there anyway. Watch out for the fishing nets a little more downwind and downstream because one guy got tangled when we were kiting there. He was lucky as he could cut himself freed from the net with his line-cutter.
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