Ngapali Beach
Thandwe District, Rakhine, Myanmar
Today at a glance
Best: 11 am to 5 pm, sunset 5:39 pm8.9
6 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
9.5
6 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
9.5
5 km/h3 mph wind, Excellent
9.3
6 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
7.9
7 km/h5 mph wind, Great
7.0
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.3
14 km/h8 mph wind, Great
6.9
14 km/h9 mph wind, Good
7.4
13 km/h8 mph wind, Great
7.9
9 km/h5 mph wind, Great
7.1
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
6.8
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 11 am to 5 pm. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
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- Sunset
- 5:39 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- High 3 pm, 1.0 m3 ft
- Low 9 pm, 0.2 m<1 ft
- High 3 am, 1.2 m4 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Ngapali Beach
Ngapali Beach is located in Rakhine, Myanmar, and is approximately 3.9 miles from the nearby beach with the same name. The beach is near a village called ဇီးဖြူကုန်း, which is about 980 feet away. There are 8 food options within 0.62 miles of the beach.
Ngapali Beach (Burmese: ငပလီကမ်းခြေ) is a coastal beach located in Rakhine State, western Myanmar, approximately 7 kilometers (4 miles) from the town of Thandwe. It is considered Myanmar’s premier beach destination. Ngapali Beach spans approximately 3 to 7 kilometers which stretches along the Bay of Bengal. The beach’s name, pronounced “Na-pal-li,” is said to derive from “Napoli” (Naples, Italy), attributed to an Italian traveler nostalgic for his homeland.
The beach came under the control of Arakan Army on June 24, 2024 during their Rakhine offensive in the ongoing Myanmar civil war.
Source: Ngapali Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- Food and drink8 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 170 m560 ft
- Rentals1 within 500 m0.3 mi
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 300 m980 ftဇီးဖြူကုန်း (village)
- Nearest airport
- 3 km2 miသံတွဲ လေဆိပ် (SNW)
Nearby places
- Blue LagoonFood and drink170 m560 ft
- Ocean PearlSeafood190 m610 ft
- SeeZeinSeafood370 m0.2 mi
- Sea QueenRegional460 m0.3 mi
- Golden FishRegional480 m0.3 mi
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Ngapali Beach6.3 km3.9 mi south away9.5 Excellent tomorrow
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Tue9.8 ExcellentBest 6 am to 11 amWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 39%
- Wed9.3 ExcellentBest 11 am to 2 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 31%
- Thu9.8 ExcellentBest 6 am to 2 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 38%
- Fri9.4 ExcellentBest 7 am to 2 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 66%
- Sat9.6 ExcellentBest 6 am to 11 amWind up to 8 km/h5 mph, rain 80%
- Sun9.9 ExcellentBest 6 am to 1 pmWind up to 7 km/h5 mph, rain 81%
Good to know
Short answers about Ngapali Beach, from the facts we hold. If we have no data on something, it is left out.
- Where is Ngapali Beach?
- Ngapali Beach is in Thandwe District, Rakhine, Myanmar. The nearest town is ဇီးဖြူကုန်း (village), 980 ft away.
- Where can I get food or a drink near Ngapali Beach?
- OpenStreetMap shows 8 places serving food or drink within 0.6 mi. Nearest 560 ft.
From OpenStreetMap contributors and our own records. OpenStreetMap can be incomplete, so "not listed" means unknown. Sources and licenses.