Thailand / Phuket
Surin Beach
Surin Beach is a 456 m-long beach facing west-north-west, 3.1 km north of Ban Kamala (Phuket, Thailand). The sea averages 29.9 °C in May, its warmest month, and 28.4 °C in January; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Surin Beach
Beach-day index 7.1/10 · Thailand median 7.2
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 28.4 °C | 28.7 °C | 29.2 °C | 29.7 °C | 29.9 °C | 29.6 °C | 29.3 °C | 29.2 °C | 28.8 °C | 28.6 °C | 28.7 °C | 28.6 °C |
| High °C | 28° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° |
| Low °C | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° |
| Rain mm | 93 | 25 | 106 | 130 | 237 | 259 | 243 | 277 | 326 | 317 | 232 | 139 |
| Cloud % | 57 | 47 | 57 | 75 | 88 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 89 | 87 | 83 | 72 |
| Wind m/s | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Daylight h | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.7 |
| Record high/low | 31°/21° | 33°/22° | 35°/22° | 35°/25° | 34°/25° | 32°/25° | 31°/25° | 30°/24° | 31°/24° | 30°/24° | 30°/22° | 30°/22° |
| Beach index | 8.7 | 9.3 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.2 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in February; February scores 9.3/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 28.7 °C and 25 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Thailand in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.5 °C cooler than the Thailand median for May (30.4 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 29.1 °C, warmer than 97% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
September is the wettest month (326 mm) and February the driest (25 mm); the yearly total is about 2,380 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.7 hours in December to 12.6 hours in June; in mid-February the sun rises at 06:45 and sets at 18:37 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-north-west (292°). Open water fills about 64% of the horizon close by, which makes it an exposed spot with water on most sides.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 18:44 local time on a bearing of 294°.
Straight out to the west-north-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 520 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 10 m deep and 25 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 22 m above sea level 500 m inland and 41 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 70% tree cover, 22% built-up land and 4% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 62% of that circle.
- Tree 70%
- Built 22%
- Grass 4%
- Bare 3%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Rainfall reaches 326 mm in September and stays above 250 mm in June, August, September and October.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 80Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 5Public toilets
- –Showers
- 7Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 59Hotels & guesthouses
- 4Grocery shops
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Cash machines
- 2Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 62 restaurants, 11 cafés and 7 bars. Accommodation: 59 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Surin Beach Viewpoint 190 m SW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phuket International Airport Phuket | HKT | 15.3 km | north |
| Krabi International Airport Krabi | KBV | 79.5 km | east |
| Trang Airport Trang | TST | 157 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km and 7 mapped car parks within 1 km.
4 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 71.9K residents); within 30 km there are 18 (about 434K).
Map and nearby beaches
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 20.5 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r14010439; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2C_47NMJ_20260113_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.