Watermen : Is This Really A Phuket Wave ?

[morrobay]

Is this really a Kata wave ?

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[LivinginKata]

Just a promo photo - doubt it's at Kata Beach

[dageurreotype]

Christ I've never seen a wave as big as that there, even during the tsunami.

[tolsti]

Apparently it is .. if you check out the copyright owner on Flickr you will find the pic on the 5th page .

[stevenl]

Apparently it is .. if you check out the copyright owner on Flickr you will find the pic on the 5th page .

Still dont believe it is Kata Beach. Look at the wave height and the water colour.

Edited November 18, 2015 by stevenl

[LivinginKata]

Apparently it is .. if you check out the copyright owner on Flickr you will find the pic on the 5th page .

Still dont believe it is Kata Beach. Look at the wave height and the water colour.

Exactly - wave height and curl impossible at Kata. Colour of water far too blue.

[tolsti]

I'll bow to you wave guys.... I only have a Honda Wave.

[stevenl]

I'll bow to you wave guys.... I only have a Honda Wave.

Maybe that's why, I have 2 Honda Waves.

[tolsti]

But they make a great bow wave when it floods eh?

[honoluabay]

I've surfed Kata and Phuket island for years This could be Kata beach. Hard to say due to the angle of the shot. It does get a Barrel with the right tide and sand bars.

[honoluabay]

This shot is Nai Harn

[Guest]

Apparently it is .. if you check out the copyright owner on Flickr you will find the pic on the 5th page .

Still dont believe it is Kata Beach. Look at the wave height and the water colour.

Here is the Flickr photo, took a while to find with mobile.

There is also another photo with beach in background.

Colours can be changed. Not all photos are fully realistic, specially on advertises.

https://flic.kr/p/v1E68

[grumpyoldman]

Absolutely could be Kata, shot with a zoom from Kata Mama but they have played with the color of the water. Only certain times of year, next five months, no.

But OP and honoluabay (no more surf shots of Nai Harn please), note five guys in the water, we'd like to keep it like that so all on the hush, hush.

[morrobay]

Ok then the only thing wrong with this picture is that Im not in it with my duck feet body surfing it.

[grumpyoldman]

Ok then the only thing wrong with this picture is that Im not in it with my duck feet body surfing it.

Sure, water is a lot warmer than Morro Bay ! Less white sharks too.

Edited November 20, 2015 by grumpyoldman

[morrobay]

Ok then the only thing wrong with this picture is that Im not in it with my duck feet body surfing it.

Sure, water is a lot warmer than Morro Bay ! Less white sharks too.

Actually alot more hiking along Central Coast than body surfing. Body surfing started at Brooks st. (2nd reef), Boomers : rights in winter, lefts in summer.

[grumpyoldman]

Ok then the only thing wrong with this picture is that Im not in it with my duck feet body surfing it.

Sure, water is a lot warmer than Morro Bay ! Less white sharks too.

Actually alot more hiking along Central Coast than body surfing. Body surfing started at Brooks st. (2nd reef), Boomers : rights in winter, lefts in summer.

Love the Central coast of CA. The only Brooks St. I know is Laguna Beach, but if and when you next get to Phuket, ping me, lets have a beer.

[Jimi007]

I used to be a judge at the Kata surf contest years ago. It was usually pretty windy, but there are a few peaks out there that got fairly big every once in a while. And Grumpy, we still need to get together again instead of waving as we pass by! Cheers buddy!

[andreww]

Great to see so many fellow surfers here!

Question on topic, I live and surf mostly on Surin beach, very nice beach breaks during low-season, and now we have point breaks here and there once a fortnight during spring tides.. Is there any other beach (or even reef) in Phuket that gets some action between Nov-May? Say if on MSW I see a sizeable long-period swell coming our way, compounded by good incoming spring tide, should I take my chances and drive to Kata/Karon for better waves or it'd be a waste of time? Cheers!

p.s. as for the topic photo — that's a great wave for Phuket, sad to see it's wasted! )

Edited November 21, 2015 by andreww

[steelepulse]

It's hit and miss andreww, but if the MSW, windguru and others call for a small swell, there'll usually be somthing, but after November until late April there's really not much. It's Lake Andaman for the most part.

[grumpyoldman]

I used to be a judge at the Kata surf contest years ago. It was usually pretty windy, but there are a few peaks out there that got fairly big every once in a while. And Grumpy, we still need to get together again instead of waving as we pass by! Cheers buddy!

Sure Jimi, sorry man, been out of town, in Kanchanaburi right now, catch up soon.

[morrobay]

I used to be a judge at the Kata surf contest years ago. It was usually pretty windy, but there are a few peaks out there that got fairly big every once in a while. And Grumpy, we still need to get together again instead of waving as we pass by! Cheers buddy!

Sure Jimi, sorry man, been out of town, in Kanchanaburi right now, catch up soon.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/779762-travel-to-river-kwai/

Girlfriend and I took train from Bangkok to about 20 km past Kanchanaburi on River Kwai about 12 years ago. See reply # 18.

So we took longtail up river a ways. Stopped on bank and I swam across and back(without fins). And it was one harrowing experience: About 2/3 way across I was in an area of "down currents "

I finally powered out of it to the bank. Evidently there is an irregular rocky bottom , maybe even submarine caves that is the cause.

Edited November 23, 2015 by morrobay