if you go trough kao lak towards phuket there is like a main part of town with a market and lots of resaurandts, bars and the best bakery in thailand. there are loads of hotels there (like the palm beach resort/Bayfront resort)just there head to the beach and you'll see the waves breaking.
was there in november. left my board home, thinking there are no waves. even though the locas said it was not wave season there where waves every day from 1-3 foot and offshore winds. the beaches arround seemed flat. it's a family place, relaxed an calm. no one surfs, some bogieborders. saw some offshore reef there and heard it could get good on its day.
General
don't go there with out a surfboard... i think it is quite a consitent.
