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Level 3/10

Ngwe Saung

Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar
🌀Strong rips🏝️Remote

Ngwe Saung—Myanmar's "Silver Beach"—represents true pioneer territory in the Bay of Bengal, where monsoon swells occasionally create surfable waves along a coast that has barely been explored. The developing beach resort area offers basic infrastructure, and the shoulder monsoon seasons (avoiding peak onshore winds) provide the best windows. Political instability has complicated access, but for adventurous travelers, Ngwe Saung offers the rare opportunity to surf a country where the sport is virtually unknown, with uncrowded waves and genuine cultural discovery.

3-Day Forecast
Today
30
36
Poor
0.6m
@18s
11km/h
Fri
1
37
Poor
0.5m
@17s
11km/h
Sat
2
44
Poor
0.8m
@16s
12km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
0.6m
W(273°)
Score: 8/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 15/25
Wind
11km/h
WNW(286°)
Score: 7/25
Weather
30°C
0.0mm56%
Secondary Swell
0.4mSW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon
AM: 9 km/h WNW|PM: 9 km/h WNW
Lighter winds later (9 km/h)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:10 am
Low tide - -0.28m
7:32 am
High tide - 1.55m
1:36 pm
Low tide - -0.14m
7:33 pm
High tide - 1.39m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

36
Poor
Components
Swell Direction6/25
Swell Size8/25
Swell Period15/25
Wind7/25
Raw Score36/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score36

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
SW (230°)
Direction range
200° - 270°
Size range
0.6m - 2m
Ideal size
1.6m
Height multiplier
0.92×
Ideal period
12s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
ENE (70°)
Offshore range
30° - 110°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
all
Optimal range
0.3m - 1.5m

Water temp

28°C

Wetsuit

Boardshorts / Rashguard

Difficulty

3/10

Crowd level

1/10

Access: 5hr drive from Yangon. Developing beach resort area.

Best Season

Peak: May, Jun, Sep, Oct

Secondary: Apr, Nov

Shoulder monsoon season. Peak monsoon too onshore.

Getting There

Airport
RGN
Drive time
300 min
Data quality
community

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