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Non Nuoc 36.0

#5025 of 5756 surf spots in the world · 🇻🇳 Vietnam · Đà Nẵng · near Da Nang

Wind is the enemy here, peaks in October, gentle enough to learn.

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Non Nuoc, Vietnam
Photo: Mig Gilbert from Brighton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Surf score36.0 /100
Surfable days63% of the year
Clean days1% groundswell + friendly wind
Groundswell2% period 11 s+
Typical size0.7 m 2.4 ft median
Water-

Best time to surf Non Nuoc

The best time to surf Non Nuoc is September, October, November. It rarely works. The nearest airport is DAD (9 km) and the nearest town is Da Nang (7 km).

MonthSurfableCleanSizeWaterSuit
Jan99%0%1.1 m--
Feb94%0%0.9 m--
Mar85%0%0.8 m--
Apr82%1%0.8 m--
May34%0%0.5 m--
Jun15%0%0.4 m--
Jul18%0%0.4 m--
Aug12%0%0.4 m--
Sep38%2%0.5 m--
Oct88%5%1.3 m--
Nov97%2%1.3 m--
Dec97%1%1.6 m--

What is under Non Nuoc

Eight kilometres out along its swell window the sea floor drops to 113 m, shoaling steadily over the last kilometres.

Depth 8 km out113 m
Depth 4 km out59 m

Measured, not estimated: NOAA ETOPO 2022 global relief at 15 arc-seconds, about 460 m per cell, sampled along this spot’s own swell window. At that scale the survey sees passes and channels; it cannot see a reef ledge, so nothing here is said about how the wave breaks.

Why 36.0

Seven parts, each normalised 0 to 1 and multiplied by its weight; the sum is scaled so the best spot in the world scores 100. Wave quality and what the spot does on its best days carry more than half of it, which is what separates this from a ranking of where the water is warm.

Wave quality 34.7%
7.3
Best days 22.4%
8.8
Clean days 18.4%
0.1
Consistency 10.2%
7.3
Season spread 4.1%
2.2
Water comfort 6.1%
1.3
Access 4.1%
4.1

The detail

Faces 65° with 42% open water around it. Friendly morning wind 79% of days. Mean peak period 7.2 s. Days over 3 m: 1%. On its best tenth of days it reaches 1.8 m, with a peak period of 10 s. Mellow days (0.4 to 1.2 m): 60%. Months that work: 7 of 12. Coordinates 16.002, 108.271 (OpenStreetMap).

What it costs to be here

Living here
€935/ month
typically €823 – €1,050
Rent, one bedroom€492
Groceries€197
Eating out€111
Getting around€68
Phone + internet€68
Renting by the month, cooking most days, local transport.
One month here
€1,820/ month
typically €1,600 – €2,040
Somewhere to stay€1,080
Eating out€381
Car, transfers, fuel€246
Data + extras€117
Short stays, eating out, a car or transfers.
49% cheaper if you live here instead of visiting

Airport and town on the doorstep, so the local estimate is 23% above the country average. Estimate: World Bank PPP price level for Vietnam (2025, United States = 1.00) applied to a fixed surfer basket, then adjusted for how remote the spot is. Your own number moves with the season and how you live.

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