Nam O, Viet Nam

No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Đà Nẵng, 11 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: DAD (DAD), 11 km.

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About Nam O

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces NE (61°), so it takes swell from the NE. The wind blows offshore from the SW (241°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 3–10 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves very gently: 10 m deep about 1.7 km out (1 in 172). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 23°C in February, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 30°C in June, its warmest (no wetsuit). For intermediate surfers the best month is usually January, with about 2 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. No town nearby. No stay checked for this site yet: Đà Nẵng, 11 km away, is the nearest town we list. Nearest airport: DAD (DAD), 11 km.

Water about 29°C: no wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 25 h 30 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

Forecast and score for intermediate surfers at Nam O, each day
Day	Score for intermediates	Swell	Energy	Wind	Temp
Sun 18Oct	26, too small	2 ft5 smushy	18kJ	wind from the east-south-east, 2 knots	29°C
Mon 19Oct	23, too small	2 ft5 smushy	16kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 2 knots	29°C
Tue 20Oct	29, too small	2 ft5 smushy	21kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 2 knots	29°C
Wed 21Oct	20, too small	2 ft5 smushy	16kJ	wind from the north-west, 3 knots	28°C
Thu 22Oct	34, too small	3 ft5 smushy	29kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 3 knots	28°C
Fri 23Oct	38, fair	3 ft10 ssoft	151kJ	wind from the north-east, 4 knots	28°C
Sat 24Oct	72, good	4 ft13 ssoft	430kJ	wind from the north-east, 3 knots	29°C
Sun 25Oct	18, too small	2 ft10 ssoft	54kJ	wind from the south-west, 1 knot, offshore	30°C
Mon 26Oct	6, too small	1 ft9 s	5kJ	wind from the west-north-west, 1 knot	29°C
Tue 27Oct	6, too small	1 ft8 s	4kJ	wind from the north-north-east, 4 knots	28°C
Wed 28Oct	0, poor	–	–	–	–

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

Mon 19 Oct
Travel out
Fly ORD to DAD, changing at HKG, then 30 min by road. About 25h 30 door to door
Tue 20 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Wed 21 Oct
Rest day
Too small: 2 ft at best.
Thu 22 Oct
Surf Nam O
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 3 ft at 5 s, wind 3 kn (6 km/h).
Fri 23 Oct
Surf Nam O
Best 16:00 to 19:00 local time: 3 ft at 10 s, wind 4 kn (7 km/h).
Sat 24 Oct
Surf Nam O
Best 10:00 to 13:00 local time: 4 ft at 13 s, wind 3 kn (5 km/h).
Sun 25 Oct
Travel home
Fly ORD to DAD, changing at HKG, then 30 min by road. About 25h 30 door to door

Rough cost

About £1,020–£2,040 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book. No town nearby, so no stay is in it.

Rough cost per person for this trip
What	How we worked it out	Each
Flights	return ORD to DAD, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bag	£745–£1,550
To the UK airport	parking or the train, there and back	£35–£65
Taxi	airport and back, shared	£20–£30
Food	7 days eating out	£155–£290
Board and wetsuit	5 days, or about £85 to fly your own	£65–£105
Total		£1,020–£2,040

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

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