Phan Rang / My Hoa Lagoon

About this spot

Phan Rang, about two hours north of Mui Ne, is where Vietnamese kitesurfing goes when Mui Ne feels too busy or too wavy. The My Hoa lagoon is a broad, shallow, reef-sheltered bay with flat to lightly choppy water — the classic learning and freestyle setup — and the NE monsoon blows here even more reliably and often a few knots stronger than in Mui Ne, accelerated around the headlands of the Ninh Thuan coast.

The wind season is the same November-to-April monsoon window, side-onshore from the north-east. The lagoon is tide-sensitive: at low tide large areas become too shallow to ride and the reef flats expose, while at high tide there is comfortable depth over most of the bay. Plan sessions around the tide table. Outside the reef there is open-sea swell for experienced riders, but the pass and the reef itself are not beginner territory.

The area is quieter and less developed than Mui Ne — a handful of kite centres and homestays rather than a resort strip — which is exactly its appeal. Services are thinner: bring what you need, and arrange rescue and lessons with the local centres in advance.