Đặc khu Phú Quý, Lâm Đồng · Nature
Trieu Duong Beach
Picture a small cove of fine sand right beside Phú Quý port, and in the hamlet behind it, people who still venerate the whale as Ông Nam Hải and still keep royal decrees from the Nguyễn dynasty.
01What people come for
People come to swim, to sit under the row of trees behind the beach looking out at Hòn Tranh, and because the beach lies right on the main road that circles the island. On the evening of 27 Jun 2020, a sea turtle of nearly 70 kg came ashore in the bay, near the storm-shelter port breakwater, looking for a place to lay eggs, and was returned to the sea by fishermen; that was a single recorded occasion, not a common sight. In the hamlet behind the beach, about 300 m away, are Vạn An Thạnh, a shrine to the whale deity (cá Ông) founded in 1781, and Triều Dương communal house (đình làng), a provincial-level monument that still keeps Nguyễn-dynasty royal decrees.
Getting there and around
The beach is about 300 m as the crow flies from the passenger pier for the island, so you can stop by right after getting off the boat; the only way to reach the island is by sea. Báo Bình Thuận writes that spending a whole day going through the island's scenic spots also requires no sightseeing ticket; no source says anything about parking fees, toilets or fresh-water showers. If you plan to camp, ask the special-zone authorities first: there is no document yet on camping rules here.
Before you go
On the afternoon of 1 Apr 2015, four people in a group of visitors swimming at Triều Dương beach were swept far from shore; only one was rescued and three died. No source has confirmed that the beach has lifeguards. The Phú Quý border guard warns that the island has rip-current areas that many people do not know about, and the Lâm Đồng Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism advises against swimming in bad weather. The good sea season, with ferries to the island running smoothly, falls roughly from April to September, but that is also the south-wind season and the beach faces south, and the 2015 drowning happened right at the start of this season. In the northeast monsoon season, roughly November to April of the following year, the sea around the island is usually rough and ferries to the island sometimes stop for several days, so check the ferry schedule before you go.
What this place is
A small bathing beach in Triều Dương bay, on the south shore of Phú Quý island: calm, blue water and fine sand. The beach faces the sea to the south, with Hòn Tranh lying offshore right in front to the southeast, less than 2 km away; Tuổi Trẻ describes this islet as sheltering the beach from wind and blocking waves. This is not an untouched beach: it lies right next to Phú Quý port, close to the breakwater of the storm shelter for fishing boats, with Triều Dương hamlet behind it.
Busy and quiet times
In the afternoon many locals come out to swim. Residents and visitors often camp and eat under the casuarina forest behind the beach, looking out at the sea and at Hòn Tranh.
The story
Bãi Triều Dương: the swimming cove beside the port, in a village that still honours the whale
Bãi Triều Dương (bãi means beach; it is also called vịnh Triều Dương, vịnh meaning bay) is a small swimming beach in the Phú Quý special administrative zone of Lâm Đồng province. Green water, fine sand, and a shore that faces south. Standing on the sand and looking out, you see Hòn Tranh (hòn means islet) lying offshore in front of the beach. The beach sits right beside Phú Quý port, on the road that loops around the island. The island can only be reached by boat. Once there, you get to the beach by road.
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The location of the beach was determined from OpenStreetMap geometry: a sand-beach polygon, way 486600085 (unnamed), about 250 m long, with the shore facing the sea to the south; from there the Phú Quý passenger pier measures about 306 m, Vạn An Thạnh about 290 m, and the centre of Hòn Tranh about 1.9 km to the southeast (measured 26 Sep and 1 Oct 2026). VnExpress's Phú Quý island travel guide (no publication date) gives: a small bathing beach with blue, calm water and fine sand; in the afternoon many locals swim in the sea; the beach lies on the main road around the island. VietNamNet (2 Apr 2015) reports three tourists drowning at Triều Dương beach on the afternoon of 1 Apr 2015. Tuổi Trẻ (10 Nov 2019) gives: Hòn Tranh shelters the bay from wind and waves, and camping and dining under the casuarina forest. An Giang TV (2020) gives the story of sea turtles coming into the bay on the night of 27 Jun 2020 and the port breakwater used as a storm shelter. Báo Lâm Đồng gives Vạn An Thạnh (founded in 1781), the rip-current warning from the Phú Quý Border Guard (1 Aug 2023), the good sea season and uninterrupted ferries (29 Apr 2025), and the period when ferries stopped because of the northeast monsoon (19 Nov 2025). VOV (11 Jul 2025) gives the advice not to swim in bad weather. Người Lao Động (30 Dec 2025) gives that the island can only be reached by sea and that ferries stop around New Year's Day 2026. Báo Bình Thuận (2023) gives that there is no entrance ticket. Vietnamese Wikipedia gives the administrative boundary of Phú Quý special zone, Lâm Đồng province, and the Triều Dương communal house. Deliberately left off the page: 'a bay or sand beach 2 km long', because only blogs and a 2014 repost say so, while the OpenStreetMap measurement of the beach is only about 250 m; '1 km to the port' from a ferry operator's page, because it differs from the measurement; the season windows 'December to June' and 'March–May' from the guide and a blog, because they overlap the northeast monsoon when ferries stop; 'the first stop on the island loop', because the order depends on the direction of travel; the promise 'you can enjoy it even if you cannot swim', because it contradicts the 2015 drowning; the stories of watching sunrise or sunset from the beach, casting nets with fishermen, and singing under the casuarina rows, because only one blog or a commercial page says so; the year the communal house was built; the distance to the mainland, because the sources disagree; and the commune, district and former province levels, because they have been abolished. There is no source on lifeguards, submerged rocks, water quality or services at the beach.
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