Mui Ne

Vietnam · YYZ/YVR/YUL → SGN · 14 nights

Wave · Budget-accommodation · Monsoon-season · Value-tier

The NE monsoon blows through while the rest of Asia drowns in humidity. Fly into Ho Chi Minh City, 4-hour bus. Rooms from $15/night.

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Season averages

75%

Wind

27°C

Water

Rain days

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Water

Open ocean swell with cross-shore wind. Better suited intermediate+; wave riding is rewarding.

Gear

9m–12m. Side-onshore with moderate chop.

Hazard

Fishing boats all over the launch zone at dawn — check before you go.

Getting there

SGN → Mui Ne kite beach

185 km · ~4h

About four hours east of Ho Chi Minh City, most of it on the new expressway — the slow part is getting across the city first. The kite schools and hotels share one strip of beach, so you sleep where you ride.

Car with driver

The usual way with a kite bag — and the only way to drive it: Vietnam doesn't accept Canadian licences.

Bus

Tourist and limousine buses leave from central Ho Chi Minh City and drop off along the beach road. You have to get into the city first.

Train

Saigon to Phan Thiet in about four hours, then a 30-minute taxi to the strip. It doesn't run every day — check the schedule.

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No-wind days

🌅 Red and White Sand Dunes at sunrise

🦞 Fresh seafood BBQ on the beach

🌊 Day trip to Fairy Stream

Live on the board

Typical fare ~$1,654

YVR → SGN · Dirt cheap$1,002

Dates

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Airline

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