Water sports

Water sports are offered behind the hill at Khao Takiab. Aquatic activities include jetski hire, banana boat rides, water-skiing, parasailing, and sea kayaking. Although these waters ports activities are available to all they are dangerous and care and common sense must be taken. 

For more information or bookings for water sports in Hua Hin call +66 (0)86 8039085.

Water sports at the main Hua Hin beach are limited due to the presence of the submerged boulders after which the town derives its name.

Jetski, banana boats and parasailing

There are a number of activities you can do at the beach in Hua Hin. A small water sports center run by one of the local hotels can be found in Khao Takiab, they offer the regular activities including banana boats, doughnut, jetskis, parasailing and waterskiing. 

These activities are also popular at Cha-am beach, around 30km north.

Surfing

There is no surf to speak of on the beaches but we occasionally get a meter or so of swell which is ideal for bodyboarding. This should be avoided at the beach in the center of town though due to the rocks. Windsurfers are often seen out to sea when there is a good breeze.

Kitesurfing

In the past couple of years kitesurfing or kiteboarding has become an extremely popular sport in Hua Hin.

There are now at least two kitesurfing schools in Hua Hin offering lessons and tuition.

Steady thermal winds are present in Hua Hin in March and April, this is the season for kitesurfers, Hua Hin has ideal conditions as the ocean is usually flat and it is shallow a long way out.

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Kayaking and Canoeing

A few of the beach front hotels and guesthouses offer kayaks for rent that you can take out to sea. It is nice to kayak around the headland at Khao Takiab around 7km south of Hua Hin town center. There is a kayak club and tour operator in Chumphon offering trips to the local mangrove forests and lagoons.

More information can be found here: Kayak Chumphon