Phuket Surf Report Archive 2005
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Saltwater Dreaming Girl 2005

June 2005 click here summary wind and wave graph
Saturday 4th Sunday 5th: Strong on-shore winds today from the SE. Waves remain around 3-5 feet, difficult to find shelter from the wind.
Monday 6th Tuesday 7th Wednesday 8th: There are surfable waves in Phuket at the moment, with 5-7 feet waves, rain storms and strong winds easing early morning and late afternoon.
Thursday 9th: Waves 3-6 feet off-shore winds during the day with winds turning on-shore later in the afternoon. Surfable waves on most beaches.
Friday 10th: 3-5 feet waves with occasionally bigger sets, slight off-shore winds. All beaches today had great surfing waves.
Saturday 11th: 3-5 feet smooth and glassy, on-shore winds in the afternoon.
Sunday 12th: 2-4 feet slight SW winds, southern corners are best.
Monday 13th: The waves have picked up to 4-6 feet bigger on open beaches, variable winds making protected corners the better places to surf.
Tuesday 14th: swell size remains good with 3-6 feet waves. Moderate on-shore winds making the protected corners the best.
Wednesday 15th, Thursday 16th: Waves of 4-6 feet moderate on-shore winds making conditions bumpy, protected corners having the best waves.
Friday 17th: Waves of 4-6 feet moderate on-shore winds making conditions bumpy, protected corners having the best waves.
Saturday 18th, Sunday 19th: The surf report at the moment is boring conditions are the same, with on-shore winds, swell 3-5 feet, rain at times. Nothing's changed.
Monday 20th: swell continues at 4-6 feet, strong on-shore winds making surf conditions bumpy.
Tuesday 21st: Waves are 3-5 feet with moderate SSW winds, look for protected corners.
Wednesday 22nd: Waves are 2-4 feet with ocasional bigger sets. Winds continue to be slight to moderate on-shore easing in the afternoon.
Thursday 23rd: Waves are 2-4 feet slight variable winds with nice clean waves on all beaches.
Friday 24th reports from all over the island today were of perfect 2-5 feet glassy waves. Late afternoon thunderstorms finished a classic day.
Saturday 25th: Waves 2-4 feet and glassy, good surf on all beaches, winds and thunderstorms in the afternoon, making a late surf messy.
Sunday 26th: 1-3 feet light to moderate on-shore winds, making only protected corners surfable.
Monday 27th: 1-3 feet waves moderate on-shore winds.
Tuesday 28th: Waves 1-3 feet with light on-shore winds. Surfable wave on most beaches.
Wednesday 29th: Waves 3-5 feet variable winds, good waves on protected beaches. Thursday 30th: Nice 2-4 feet waves on most beaches with light winds.

Saltwater Dreaming Girl 2004

July 2005 click here summary wind and wave graph
Friday 1st: Little or no wind with waves 2-3 feet, glassy conditions.
The Phuket surf report is back. Over the past week the waves have been of a good size from 2-6 feet.
Tuesday 12th: Today waves were small and glassy in the morning and picking up to 3-5 feet in the afternoon. Winds were variable with light off-shore winds in the morning.
Wednesday 13th: Very small waves at around 1-3 feet on most beaches, the light smooth conditions made up for the small swell.
Thursday 14th: Small but glassy waves. Some of the more open beaches were best today - Surin beach, Kamala beach, Karon beach and Nai Yang beach.
Friday 15th: Small and smooth conditions. 2-4 feet waves variable winds of-shore at times.
Saturday 16th: Waves in the morning were 1- 3 feet with glassy conditions. The winds increased in the afternoon making conditions bumpy.
Sunday 17th: 1-2 feet waves light winds only open beaches have surfable waves.
Monday 18th: The swell was extremely small today only big enough for people under 2 feet high.
Saturday 23rd: 2-4 feet waves with moderate on-shore winds, better waves are in the protected corners.
Sunday 24th: 2-6 feet with moderate on-shore winds.
Monday 25th Tuesday 26th: 3-6 feet strong on-shore winds easing a little in the afternoon. The tides are very high due to the recent full moon.
Wednesday 27th: 3-6 feet strong on-shore winds.
Thursday 28th: 2-5 feet with ocassional bigger sets, on-shore winds continue. Friday 29th: waves 2-5 feet with ocassional bigger sets. moderate WSW winds. Protected corners have good solid ridable waves.
Friday 29th: 2-4 feet moderate WSW winds.
Saturday 30th Sunday 31st: 2-6 feet with moderate on-shore winds.

Saltwater Dreaming Girl 2003

August 2005 click here summary wind and wave graph
Monday 1st: 4-6 feet + waves, strong on-shore winds. Some places such as Kalim and Kamala had rideable waves today.
Tuesday 2nd: The morning had waves 4-6 feet winds easing throughout the day, in the afternoon things had settled down to 2-4+ feet with smoother conditions.
Wednesday 3rd: 2-4 + waves, strong WSW winds making conditions bumpy. Thursday 4th: Waves 3-5 feet with ocassional bigger sets. Strong on-shore winds. North Kamala and a few protected corners are the only surfable breaks.
Friday 5th, Saturday 6th: Waves 2-4 + feet. On-shore winds, look for protected corners.
Sunday 7th: 2-4 feet waves with strong WSW winds. Protected corners are best.
Monday 8th: not interesting, the same as yesterday!
Tuesday 9th: strong winds continue with 2-4 + feet waves.
Wednesday 10th Thursday 11th Friday 12th: The strong on-shore winds have been blowing for 3 weeks without stopping. The swell has remained a consistent 3-5 feet. Surfers in Phuket have now found their favourite protected corners and are waiting out the monsoon winds.
Saturday 13th: The winds have dropped today and the swell is a very solid 4-6 + feet. Most beaches have surfable waves.
Sunday 14th: Moderate WSW winds with a solid 4-6 feet swell.
Monday 15th: No wind very smooth and glassy 2-4 feet waves on all beaches.
Tuesday 16th: 2-3 feet waves on most beaches with little or no wind making conditions very smooth and glassy.
Wednesday 17th: Waves are a small 1-3 feet with smooth conditions small surfable waves on most beaches.
Thursday 18th: waves are 1-2 + feet light winds with nice small surfable waves on most beaches.
Friday 19th: Small 2-3 feet surfable waves on open beaches very smooth conditions.
Kamala Surfing Contest - Saturday 20th: Small surfable waves, winds increasing in the afternoon. Kamala surfing contest got off to a great start with some nice surfing in all divisions.
Sunday 21st: Extremely small waves. The Kamala surf contest did not start until 2.30pm, but everyone had lots of fun while they were waiting. The open division has been postponed waiting for better waves.
Monday 22nd: Waves are very very small, nothing surfable today except for first time beginners.
Tuesday 23rd: Same as yesterday, only good for first time learn to surfers.
Wednesday 24th Thursday 25th: no waves today, very small good for beginners.
Friday 26th: Waves 1 foot with no wind.
Saturday 27th: Started with 1 foot waves increasing slightly in the afternoon
Sunday 28th: Small surfable waves around 2 feet. Light winds making conditions very smooth in the morning.
Monday 29th: Waves very very small with light to moderate on-shore winds. Stay in bed today.
Tuesday 30th: The waves today were small and just rideable on open beaches. Wave and swell reports show that the swell may increase for the next few days.
Wednesday 31st Waves 2 feet with smooth conditions open beaches such as Karon, Surin and Nai Yang have surfable waves.

Saltwater Dreaming Girls 2001-2002

September 2005 click here summary wind and wave graph
Thursday 1st: Waves 2 feet with smooth conditions open beaches such as Karon, Surin and Nai Yang have surfable waves.
Friday 2nd: Perfect conditions with light off-shore winds waves up to 4 feet and excellent, a classic surfing in Phuket day!
Saturday 3rd: Small, but very surfable waves on all beaches, slight cross shore winds.
Sunday 4th: Small swell with moderate to strong on-shore winds there are waves to be surfed, but not very smooth or even.
Monday 5th: Nice 2-4 feet waves today, in the morning variable winds tending off-shore at times. The winds picked up through the day and late afternoon dropped with all beaches having clean surfable waves.
Tuesday 6th: Another perfect day, off-shore winds waves up to 5 feet +. All beaches had great surfing waves.
Wednesday 7th: The nice surfing waves continue today with off-shore conditions and nice size surfable waves on all beaches in Phuket.
Thursday 8th: Smooth surfing conditions continue in Phuket. 2-4 feet with occassional bigger waves, all beaches in Phuket have surfable waves.
Friday 9th: Smooth conditions 2-4 feet. Waves waves everywhere.
Saturday 10th: No wind and glssy today. Waves small but surfable especially on open beaches.
Sunday 11th: Small and smooth waves of 2-3 feet.
Monday 12th: Winds from the north early in the morning blowing out the very small waves.
Tuesday 13th: Waves small 1-2 feet moderate North/West winds making conditions not the best.
Wednesday 14th: 2-3 feet strong on-shore winds and rain showers, a good day for indoor activities e.g. watching TV!
Thursday 15th: Rising swell waves 2-4 +feet, strong on-shore winds making surfing conditions messy.
Friday 16th: 3-5 feet strong on-shore winds.
Saturday 17th: 4-6 feet strong on-shore winds.
Sunday 18th: Strong winds and heavy rain with a swell of 6 feet +
Monday 19th: Stormy conditions and big swell continues.
Tuesday 20th: Big, off-shore and perfect today. 6-8 feet faces with a light back spray. The only problem today was where to go surfing!
Wednesday 21st: 4-6 + feet, clean-up sets, light variable winds throughout the day.
Thursday 22nd: 2-5 feet occasional bigger set with light variable winds, nice surfing waves on all phuket beaches.
Friday 23rd Saturday 24th: 2-4 feet with occassional bigger sets, light variable winds.
Sunday 25th: Strong on-shore winds, very small swell, frequent wind squalls and showers.
Monday 26th: Protected northern corners have the best surfing waves. Tuesday 27th: 2-3 feet waves with strong WNW winds frequent rain showers.
Wednesday 28th: Very light variable winds and a 2-4 feet swell making a nice day for surfing with surfable waves on all beaches.
Thursday 29th: Small but very smooth..2-3 feet surfable waves on most beaches.
Friday 30th: Very small waves with light winds. Waves are only suitable for people learning to surf today.

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