Rawai Beach, Phuket
Beach guide

Rawai Beach

2 kmof sand
Rawaiarea
29homes nearby
฿6.4Mmedian price nearby

What Rawai Beach is actually like

Honesty first: Rawai Beach is not a swimming beach. It's a working waterfront — longtail boats and speedboats moored on the shallows, a sea-gypsy village at one end, the island's best-known seafood market grilling your pick of the tanks at the other. The 2 km palm-lined promenade is where the south of the island walks, jogs and eats at sunset. When you want to swim, Nai Harn and Ya Nui — two of Phuket's best swimming spots — are five to ten minutes away.

That trade-off is exactly why Rawai is the value play of the coastal south: you give up your own swimming beach and gain the island's most liveable expat neighbourhood — schools, gyms, honest food, year-round community — at villa prices the west coast hasn't seen in a decade. For full-time living on a budget that still buys a pool villa, this is the page most buyers should read.

Property near Rawai Beach

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-Bedroom Apartments, with pool view in Utopia Naiharn project, on Nai Harn beach — Nai HarnApartment · Foreign Freehold19 ▣
฿5,800,000
-Bedroom Apartments, with pool view in Utopia Naiharn project, on Nai Harn beach
Nai Harn · Utopia Naiharn
1 bd1 ba37 m²
-Bedroom Apartments, with sea view in Proud Rawai project, on Rawai beach — RawaiApartment · Leasehold26 ▣
฿3,625,000
-Bedroom Apartments, with sea view in Proud Rawai project, on Rawai beach
Rawai · Proud Rawai
1 bd1 ba30 m²fl. 3
Studio Apartments, with sea view in Proud Rawai project, on Rawai beach — RawaiApartment40 ▣
฿35,280 /mo
Studio Apartments, with sea view in Proud Rawai project, on Rawai beach
Rawai · Proud Rawai
Studio1 ba39 m²
Studio Apartments, with sea view in Proud Rawai project, on Rawai beach — RawaiApartment55 ▣
Price on request
Studio Apartments, with sea view in Proud Rawai project, on Rawai beach
Rawai · Proud Rawai
Studio1 ba39 m²
-Bedroom Apartments, with sea view in Utopia Naiharn project, on Nai Harn beach — Nai HarnApartment21 ▣
Price on request
-Bedroom Apartments, with sea view in Utopia Naiharn project, on Nai Harn beach
Nai Harn · Utopia Naiharn
1 bd1 ba43 m²fl. 2
-Bedroom Apartments, with sea view in Utopia Naiharn project, on Nai Harn beach — Nai HarnApartment9 ▣
Price on request
-Bedroom Apartments, with sea view in Utopia Naiharn project, on Nai Harn beach
Nai Harn · Utopia Naiharn
1 bd1 ba53 m²

Buying near Rawai Beach

Can foreigners buy property near Rawai Beach?

Yes. Condos near Rawai Beach can be owned outright within a building's 49% Foreign Freehold quota, and villas are typically bought with a registered 30-year land lease plus ownership of the building itself. Every listing on this site shows its ownership structure up front — the details are in our foreign ownership guide.

How much does property near Rawai Beach cost?

Live inventory near Rawai Beach currently runs to 29 homes, priced from ฿3.6M with a median asking price of ฿6.4M. The Thai baht price is always the authoritative one; converted prices are approximate.

Which area is Rawai Beach in?

Rawai Beach belongs to Rawai. Everything living-related — who the area suits, rentals, schools, current listings — is on the Rawai area guide, which links back here.