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Philippines · Boracay · #8 of the Philippines' ten by fame

Bulabog Beach

Asia's best kitesurfing, by its own account. Keep your cuts out of the water.

No photo yet. We don’t lie with pictures.

How we rated it: down one, because Wikivoyage names sewage pollution of the lagoon as a serious disadvantage, with infections from even small injuries common.

The hang

Bulabog is Boracay's other side, and it claims to be the best kitesurfing spot in Asia. Kitesurfing schools work from the sand, and in high season the water gets overcrowded with riders. D'Mall is a five-minute walk, and White Beach a couple of minutes beyond it. The catch is the lagoon: Wikivoyage names sewage pollution as a serious disadvantage, with a smell from the water and infections from even small injuries common. We measured 1,664 metres; Wikivoyage says about 1.5 km.


The real intel

Best months · warmest sea
May (30.5 °C), then June and July. Coolest: March (28.0 °C). One year of data, 2025.
Best months · emptiest
Outside high season, when the riders thin out.
Getting there
A five-minute walk from D'Mall; White Beach is a couple of minutes beyond.
The catch nobody tells you
Sewage pollution in the lagoon: a smell from the water, and infections from small injuries are common (Wikivoyage).

The year at Bulabog Beach

Warmest sea in May. Fewest wet days in April. Pick your fight.

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F
M
A
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S
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N
D
Sea (°C)
28.2
28.1
28
29.3
30.5
30.1
29.5
29.5
29
29.3
29.1
28.6
Air (°C)
26
26.2
26.7
28.1
28.4
27.7
27.5
27.1
26.8
26.9
27
26.7
Sun (h/day)
9.5
9.4
11
11.9
10.8
8.6
9.3
9.1
7.5
8.8
8.3
9.3
Rain (days)
30
20
28
12
24
25
29
27
29
30
29
31

One year of data, 2025, from Open-Meteo at this beach's coordinates. A rain day is 1 mm or more. The red bar is the month to aim for in each row.


The neighbours

6 beaches within 6 km, as the gull flies. We have rated 1.

  1. 799 mWhite BeachFour kilometres of powder, and the whole island turns up for sunset.WORTH A DETOUR
  2. 1.2 kmTulubhan Beach216 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
  3. 2.2 kmLapus Lapus Beach533 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
  4. 2.3 kmTambisaan Beach479 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
  5. 2.4 kmSecret Beach76 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.
  6. 2.6 kmDiniwid Beach185 m of beach, measured. Not rated yet.

Straight-line distances from the mapped beach shapes (OpenStreetMap). Roads are longer, and in Bali they are much longer.


The crowd

Overcrowded with kitesurfers in high season.


The receipts

Kitesurfing schools on the beach.


The facts · we measured

Length
1,664 m
Mean width
19.3 m
Area
32,072 m²
Warmest sea (2025)
30.5 °C in May
Coldest sea (2025)
28.0 °C in Mar
Sea by month, °C
Jan 28.2 · Feb 28.1 · Mar 28.0 · Apr 29.3 · May 30.5 · Jun 30.1 · Jul 29.5 · Aug 29.5 · Sep 29.0 · Oct 29.3 · Nov 29.1 · Dec 28.6

Questions people ask

Is Bulabog Beach good for kitesurfing?

It claims to be the best kitesurfing destination in Asia, and several kitesurfing schools work from the beach.

Can you swim at Bulabog Beach?

Wikivoyage warns of sewage pollution in the lagoon, with infections from even small injuries common. White Beach is a few minutes' walk away.