All beaches of Koh Samui. Western and southern beaches. What is the sea and waves like on Koh Samui in summer?

This article is ideal for those who are planning to visit the island and want to choose the best beach on Koh Samui that they like best.

There are many beaches on Koh Samui and for each of you there will be a highlight on one of them, which you will like most and will force you to stop at the one that, in your opinion, is more interesting due to its uniqueness or due to some other conditions for relaxing on German

The beaches I describe below are not complete and exhaustive. I chose only those that, in my opinion, are more attractive.

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Hotels on Koh Samui

Here is a list of the best beaches on this island that I turned my attention to:

#1: Ban Thai Beach

Ban Tai Beach is located in the northeast of the island and is a popular holiday destination for parents with children. The Mimosa Hotel is located next to the beach, which is why it was popularly called Mimosa Beach. It is located away from all the attractions of the island. Here, as a rule, it is not crowded, the sand is clean and there is a good entry into the water.

- One of the disadvantages eastern beach appears that there is a strip of algae and a rocky bottom running not far from the shore, about 50 meters from the shore.

- But if you go to its western part, then there are all the conditions for your swimming.

Coral Cove Beach is located in a secluded bay, it is only 100 meters long. It is surrounded by rocky shores and there are huge boulders on both sides of the beach, which gives it a special atmosphere.

The beach itself leaves a pleasant impression of tranquility. The sand on it is coarse and yellowish in color. The water itself is a shade of bright blue.

The peculiarity of this beach is that the road to it is located at the top, much above sea level, and you have to go down steps to get to it.

There are three Hotels in Coral Cove Chalet located near the beach. There is a small cafe. The only downside is that there is practically no shade to hide from the scorching sun, and there are also a lot of stones in the water, scattered not far from each other.

The beach is located in the north-east of the island. The beach itself is clean, the hotel workers look after it very well. There is not much space for normal swimming, since to the right and left of it there are many small stones and fragments of coral in the water. So you need to swim there carefully.

In the northeastern part Koh Samui Choeng Mon beach is located.
The sea here is almost always calm, even during the wave season (from November to mid-February). The entrance to the water is gentle, and the water itself is quite transparent. True, muddy areas can be found 30-40 m from the shore.
The most best part The beach is central, with a wide sandy line and a pleasant entry into the sea. You can swim here even at low tide.
Along the outskirts of the beach there are a lot of stones and corals, and the southern part is not at all suitable for swimming.

Chong Mon is one of the best beach places among tourists. And the reasons are quite obvious. Its stormy nightlife, its powder-white sand, its palm trees, restaurants and hotels, all this and much more that makes Choeng Mon one of the best beaches on Koh Samui.

Choeng Mon Beach is located in a beautiful bay and is an ideal tourist destination for couples or those seeking secluded, quiet time for themselves and their family.

Choeng Mon attracts huge crowds of people of all ages. The best sand castles are made from sand on Chong Gmon. Its restaurants and cafes offer excellent cuisine designed for any visitor.

Bang Po Beach is also located in the north of the island, between the beaches of Thong Plu Bay on the west side and Ban Thai Beach on the east.

The beach itself stretches for 5 km with various exit points to it from the ring road. It is usually quiet and peaceful and is suitable for those who like quiet and secluded places. There are many restaurants and hotels located along the entire beach, mainly on its western side. Between April and September the tides are not high, which is not good for swimming as the water becomes very shallow. It should be taken into account that there are many stones in the water that are not always visible.

There are no annoying salesmen here who are trying to sell you something. It offers magnificent views of Phangan Island and the national marine park islands. Here you can watch local fishermen casting their nets early in the morning or at night.

Overhanging palms and other trees are good for shade, there are also swings on them and in general it looks like a tropical paradise. Considering that this budget resort, it's excellent value for money.

Today I will tell you how things are in Koh Samui in the summer, in June, July and August, and why the summer months are best time for a holiday on Koh Samui. Many would argue that in Thailand, summer is the rainy season. Most tourists believe that in June, July and August it rains around the clock and it’s definitely not worth vacationing on Koh Samui in the summer. Is it really?

The weather and beaches on Koh Samui in June look like in the photo

We knew that Koh Samui is very good in the summer, both in terms of weather and recreation in general. A couple of blogs flashed information that there is no rain on Samui in the summer, and the weather and sea are much better than in the first months of the high season. At the beginning of June we arrived on the island and saw this for ourselves.

Why summer is the best time to holiday on Koh Samui

The rainy season on Samui begins in September and lasts until December-January, sometimes even continuing to flood until February. Then in March the weather is finally great, but then April and May are the driest and hottest months, which is also not the best time to go on vacation. The temperature is +35C, I don’t want to go outside again...

Officially high season on Samui begins in October-November and lasts until April, early May. That is, in New Year, like everywhere else, the island is in peak season. Tourist season, but not natural. Rains at this time are frequent, the sea is cloudy, there are waves on all the beaches, and garbage washes up on the shore. But since it’s “high season,” there will be a lot of tourists everywhere, crowds of Chinese at all the attractions and vacationers on the beaches in rare moments of sunshine.

Hotels on Koh Samui

• Samui Beach Resort
• Crystal Bay Yacht Club Beach Resort
• Escape Beach Resort
• Ibis Samui Bophut
• Chaweng Villawee Hotel
• Samui Little Garden Resort

All hotels on Koh Samui

This is what Lamai beach looks like in November, when the high season has already begun. Reminds me of Pattaya?

In February and March, most likely everything will be fine with the weather, but not with the beaches, the water will still be cloudy. In April the heat begins. And by May the island is gradually emptying. The winterers have already gone home. Package travelers practically no longer come, as travel agencies tell them that it rains in Thailand in the summer. The beaches and streets are empty. Everyone was scared by the approaching rainy season...

Empty Walking street on Lamai (photo June)

Few people know that the rainy season here is in autumn, not summer. And in summer, Samui has the most comfortable weather, +30C +32C, the cleanest sea and practically no tourists.

How many of you have dreamed of a holiday on popular resort without tourists? Welcome to Koh Samui during the summer months!

Is a gorgeous beach without tourists a dream? This is reality in July!
(Photo: Lamai beach)

Also added to the delights of the low season are reduced housing prices. Many hotels are reducing their prices by 50% or even more. Do you want to relax in a 4-star resort on the first line for 1200 baht per day? No problem!

Weather on Koh Samui in summer

Oddly enough, the island of Koh Samui apparently has its own climate, separate from the rest of Thailand. The rainy season here is in the fall. And in June, July, August it is sunny. It also rains, but not more often than usual, maybe a couple of times a week, more often in the evening or at night.

It's always sunny in the morning


It rains not every day, usually in the afternoon, short-term for 20-30 minutes


In the evening, most often the sky is covered with clouds. Well, okay, the sunset wouldn’t be visible here anyway.

Weather forecast sites such as gismeteo.com and pogoda.yandex.ru forecast rain and thunderstorms for every day. But in fact, the weather is sunny almost every day.

Clouds may appear in the afternoon. The temperature is conducive to walking outdoors. During the day the average is +31C, at night +26C.

You can always see what the weather is like now. The camera shows live video, so you can easily find out what the weather is like, whether there are clouds, what waves, etc. Just look not at night, but during the day. Time in Thailand is +4 hours to Moscow.

What is the sea and waves like on Koh Samui in summer?

Best of all, the sea in June, July and August is the calmest and cleanest. There are no waves on all main beaches. It doesn’t happen from day to day, of course, but most often the sea is clear, there is no debris floating in the water, neither natural nor human. Perhaps the best time for swimming! It is especially convenient to go to Koh Samui in the summer with a child. Swimming with children in the sea will be ideal, the water is clean and there are no waves. Jellyfish were also never seen.

The sea in Lamai at its best (photo: June)


Sea on Chaweng


The sea on Mainam. Same thing in Bophut


The calmest and clearest sea on our favorite Thongtakian Beach (aka Silver Beach or Crystal Bay)

Koh Samui beaches in summer

Lamai

The sea is perfect in summer. The water temperature is +28C, judging by the forecasts of Gismeteo and Yandex, and many beaches in Thailand can envy the transparency. The waves are sometimes small and do not interfere with swimming. I saw a completely calm sea on Lamai beach several times. If in the high season Lamai Beach is dirty, muddy and waves, there is no desire to swim, then in the summer it is beautiful, clean and in general in the summer it is one of the best beaches in Samui.

Chaweng

In summer the water is blue and clear. We never saw any garbage in the water. They wrote to us in the comments about the muddy bottom, but we didn’t notice this; there was pleasant sand everywhere at the bottom.

Maenam

Deserted in summer. Just the dream of someone who is tired of people and wants to relax alone when there is no one within a radius of at least 100 meters. Only rare traders can ruin your relaxation.

Bophut

In the summer, he lives a busy life. Perhaps the most tourists come to Bophut in the summer. We walked around Fisherman Village, sat in a cafe, and you couldn’t tell that it was low season. There are customers in all restaurants, many are walking along the beach street, sunbathers are located on the beach, the hotel pool Hansar Samui Resort & Spa crowded with bathers.

Other beaches

It is also not deprived of the attention of vacationers. Despite the “low season” and its obscurity, there are a number of people on the beach of the Crystal Bay Hotel, and it’s quite crowded in the shade under a tree. There are no waves at all, the water is calm, like in a pond.

Almost empty. Now there are literally 3-5 couples on the entire beach, which are evenly distributed along the beach on their mats, some in the shade, some sunbathing. A couple of people are sitting in the water near the shore (we already told you that this beach is not very suitable for swimming).

Coral Cove Beach

Where to stay on Koh Samui

On the island of Ko Samui, not all beaches are as heavenly as they seem. Roughly speaking, only 4 major beaches are suitable for swimming - Lamai, Chaweng, Bophut and Maenam. You can also swim in several small ones that are located between them, such as Thongtakian, Chaweng Noi, Thongson, Chong Monk. We have compiled several convenient selections of hotels with good reviews on all main beaches suitable for swimming.

All guidebooks say that Samui is an island of serenity and a place of ideal beach holiday in the style of "Bounty". And indeed it is!

Each beach on Koh Samui is unique and beautiful in its own way, but the entertainment and other infrastructure surrounding them, including markets, restaurants, shops, hotels, bungalows, houses or villas that can be rented for a holiday on Koh Samui - the beaches vary greatly.

Therefore, on the site we tell you about everything that may be useful in planning your holiday in Thailand and Koh Samui, so that you can fully enjoy your stay on Koh Samui and the islands surrounding it.

It will be more convenient for you if, when considering tours to Koh Samui or when organizing independent trip to Thailand on Koh Samui, map the island on which we have mapped all the beaches on Koh Samui will still be used.
By clicking on the name of the beach on Samui map you will be taken to a corresponding description of this beach, accompanied by a short video from the same beach. Our interactive Koh Samui beach map marked for 25 beaches.

Also, when describing each beach of Samui (reviews can be left for each beach), we will tell you what to expect and what not to count on when visiting various parts of this truly heavenly place, which includes not only Koh Samui, but also the surrounding islands: Koh Phangan, Koh Tao and islets Marine Park Angthong.

In describing the beaches of Koh Samui, we tried to give only facts, without stooping to tourist tales about how it once was here, and why something is this way and not that way. ...In general, there are no lyrical digressions or fairy tales here.
If someone lacks them, then this is not for us, this is for the guides working on the “islands of Thailand” (according to some, especially “advanced” guides, for example, Krabi is an island, not a province of Thailand, Phuket is this is not an island, but a part of the mainland, almost like Pattaya, and the name of the Kingdom - Thailand - is spelled with a "th", that is - Thailand).

Descriptions of most beaches on Koh Samui are accompanied by videos filmed right on the beach.
Each video clearly shows: what sand, what beach and entrance to the sea in each area of ​​Koh Samui. The videos were filmed mostly in cloudy weather, but even in such weather you can clearly see how good the best Koh Samui beaches(reviews from island guests confirm that they are good even in the rain!), and on a sunny day, the beaches of Koh Samui are simply beautiful!

The beaches of Koh Samui are ideal for organizing.
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The best photographers and videographers on Koh Samui (reviews of their work also accompany a description of the services of each of them) are presented in the section.

We have written a detailed and very useful article "" - be sure to read it to have general idea and about the island of Koh Samui itself, and where certain beaches of Koh Samui are located. Photos of the beaches can be seen in the description of each beach.

We also have the best for you Koh Samui beach map() and the suitability of the coastline for swimming.

Well, and myself Koh Samui island on the map it's very easy to find: Southeast Asia, the Kingdom of Thailand, whose outlines resemble the head of an elephant, where the South is its trunk, and here in the South - we look at East Coast Gulf of Thailand.

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Koh Samui, it seems, is not so big, but there are many beaches on it. And they are all very different, but your vacation greatly depends on which beach you will live on. The choice of area is determined by your preferences - somewhere quiet, somewhere fun and parties. The sea is also very different, even on neighboring beaches it can be very shallow, or immediately deep, waves or complete calm. Some places are good for families with children, others for snorkeling, and others for water sports. I'll try to describe Koh Samui beaches and your opinion about them. And, of course, attach photographs without embellishment or Photoshop, so that the picture is as complete as possible. Although, be sure to keep in mind that appearance The beach changes greatly depending on the season, for example, from spring on the island there are pronounced low tides, the sea becomes shallower, and instead of the heavenly view from the picture you can see a bare bottom with stones. And after rains and high tides, the purest sand can be covered with algae and similar marine debris. However, all popular tourist beaches are cleaned every day.

Chaweng Beach

The most famous and, at the same time, the most party beaches are Chaweng, Lamai, Maenam. Many people think that this is best beaches Samui.
The largest number of bars, places where parties take place, parties and hotels are located in Chaweng. Lamai beach is a little calmer, but also a lot of people, especially on tour packages. Previously, they say, it was just a paradise, but recently Lamai has been taken over by travel agencies and populated by Russians. And Maenam is quite close to all the “necessary” places, good developed infrastructure and offers a lot of affordable housing of different levels, although the beach is not particularly suitable for families with children, as there are strong waves. I personally like places where there are no tourists and very calm. Of course, keep in mind that my opinion about the beaches will not be complete and not particularly objective, since I lived on some, and only visited others to swim or sit on the shore in a beach restaurant. And it may well be that I found some of the beaches not at their best times, for example, during strong low tides. Or vice versa, at the right moment, and someone will get to the beach after a strong low tide...

Main beaches of Samui description and reviews:

MaeNam beach Samui

Maenam Beach

Whatever they call it - Menam, Mainam, Maenam, Maenam.
An area with developed infrastructure, a bunch of bars and restaurants and a swimming sea. It is very conveniently located, because it is quite close to such popular tourist beaches as Chaweng and Lamai. At the same time, it is not so noisy and there are fewer people. Not far from the sea there are many not only hotels, but also small villages with fenced areas and cute houses. If you look for housing not by the sea, but deep into the island towards the mountains, you can save a lot; there are plenty of small villages and just houses at prices that are half the price of similar housing closer to the sea. Opens from the shore good view to Koh Phangan island. It is on Maenam that the Lompraya company pier is located, from which you can get to Bangkok by ferry. Also, I almost forgot to mention the post office. It may be useful for compatriots who have shopped too much and cannot carry away their suitcases of elephants, trousers, chopsticks and other good things. Sending twenty kilograms of purchased goods home will cost three thousand rubles. True, it will take an average of a month, maybe two. (Or it won’t arrive at all)))

Maenam Beach

Maenam beach infrastructure:
Maenam has a lot of shops, even furniture shops, tourist shops, and clothing stores. A large number of fairly large markets, both food and household markets with all sorts of things. The famous Thai Morning Market is also located here. However, I personally got the impression that the prices on it are the same as on a regular daytime, and the goods - fruits, vegetables and fish - are not much different. There are several laundromats in the area, and restaurants, bars and hangouts are a dime a dozen. Massage parlors are everywhere. There is also a taekwondo academy for children, where Russian children are also taken. Quite a lot of kindergartens. I used to go there, on Maenam, for peeling with Garra Rufa fish. In other places I found it only much more expensive.

Maenam Beach

Maenam Beach:
The sand on the beach is coarse and rough for the smallest children's feet. Especially for those who are still crawling. But the beach is cleaned up, because the entire coastline is built up with hotels, but the feeling that it’s still a little dirty remains. Probably due to the fairly large number of vacationers. But there are cafes right on the beach, and dining at tables on the sand by candlelight is very romantic. There are palm trees and a lot of shade.

Maenam Beach

Sea of ​​Maenam Beach:
It will please adults because the depth begins almost immediately. However, the wind blows almost constantly and the waves are so strong that it is absolutely impossible to bathe infants. And older kids are guaranteed to get their fill. The water is almost always cloudy due to waves. There is a lot of algae at the bottom, so sometimes swimming is unpleasant.

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Ban Tai beach - Ban Tai beach Samui.

Ban Tai Beach

Perhaps my favorite beach. After all, it was on it that we spent the first six months of our life on Samui. And, comparing with other beaches, we were always convinced that it was the best. The best for us - because we love silence and we are with a child, and the sea there is quite shallow. Finding Ban Tai is not easy; it is simply not on many maps. In fact, this is a small area, from the ring road there are only two main streets to the sea. Inside, of course, there is a network of streets, paths and paths where you can find various houses and villas for rent.

Ban Tai Beach

If we talk about the area closer to the sea from the ring road, and not towards the mountains, then from any place you can walk to the beach in a maximum of 10 minutes. And on the beach itself, practically on the coastline, there are hotels and houses. Alas, I didn’t find any good houses at all on the sea - either expensive hotels for 6-12 thousand a day (there are three of them), or some kind of shacks, like our houses for pensioners in gardening. There are several old houses in which hot water is intermittent and terribly damp. We lived a 5-minute walk from the beach, here is a story about our first house on Samui and another one about our second. It was really good there. I also looked at the villas - you can rent a one-bedroom with a pool from 23,000, but I wasn’t impressed with them at all. On the downside, right on the deserted beach in the spring of 2013 they decided to clear part of the territory; many palm trees were simply uprooted from a huge area. It was not at all as beautiful as in many photos. However, now (by the New Year 2014) this territory is still for sale. It is possible that it will be built up. In general, over the past six months in Ban Tai they have built houses for rent - they just poked them around wherever they could.

Ban Tai Beach

Ban Tai beach infrastructure:
Ban Tai has everything you need for life. A couple of local shops (where they deceive mercilessly, prices vary depending on how much you are “valued” today, and one carrot can cost 20-40 rubles. But if you return it back with the words, they say, you don’t need it at that price, then it immediately becomes 5-7 rubles. But in any case, it’s good to know that at any time you can buy water or fruits and essential goods. Right at the exit on the roundabout there is Seven Eleven - my favorite minimarket for all kinds of necessary products, such as milk and eggs. . There is a pharmacy behind it, however, with strange opening hours. From the roundabout you can take a tuk-tuk to Nathon, Maenam, Bo Put and Chaweng for 50 baht. And when you live for a long time, then to the neighboring beach for 20 baht. you pay like a local. On the main road of Ban Tai there are a couple of restaurants - Mai Tai with a local owner and Mama Moon with a European one. In Europe, the price for dishes is twice as high, but, as they say, in clean dishes and cooked with good water (maybe). be)). There are no kindergartens in Ban Tai, nor self-service laundries, but there is a local laundry on every corner. To buy fruit (if you don’t want to buy it at exorbitant prices from the locals), you can go to Maenam or walk for about thirty minutes.

Ban Tai Beach

Ban Tai Beach:
A small strip of 4 kilometers, there is shade, as there are many palm trees. Coconuts hang on them, but once every six months they are removed and the leaves are cut off. The sand is pleasant, fine, and quite clean. Sometimes it applies algae. But every day the beach by the road, where many people sunbathe, is cleaned by a local uncle, a wonderful person. If you go right from the road, there will be more wild place, there is also a ridge where the locals fish. And by going to the left, you find yourself in a paradise harbor, where mothers and children like to gather, and where couples are located good hotels, next to which the beach is well cleaned. True, recently, after heavy rains and bad weather, palm trees fell there and caused a lot of dirt, but I think this will be cleaned up quickly. After all, hotel owners pay large fines if the area near them is not cleaned.

Sea of ​​Ban Tai Beach:
When we arrived, swimming was wonderful. Sloping entrance, shallow at first, good for children to swim. The water was the clearest. And if we moved further away, not very far, we were already up to our necks and above, and adults swam for fun too. In December, the sea became cloudier and algae often began to appear on the beach. From February or even earlier, it became shallower, the ebb and flow of the tides became pronounced, and until spring and summer it was so shallow that adults could only swim if they lay on their bellies. But the baby is not doing well. The bottom is clean in some places, but closer to the ridge everything is covered in stones.

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Chaweng Beach - Chaweng beach Samui

Chaweng Beach

The most party place where most tourists stay and where the most hot spots islands. Bars, clubs, parties for every taste. Noisy, but those who prefer this type of relaxation will have fun. Don’t expect peace and tranquility in this place; crowds of sunburnt tourists, tipsy young people, annoying traders, and the smells of overcooked local food from numerous stalls will not let you relax. And the night “boom-boom” from various establishments will complement the picture of relaxation. However, tour operators consider this beach to be the most popular and impose it on tourists. There is an airport nearby, so you can constantly admire the low-flying planes. By the way, you will hear noise from them from 5 in the morning until late in the evening. Although, given the level of noise from beach cafes, restaurants and parties, or on a one-way street from bars, cabarets and similar establishments, you may not even notice any additional noise. If you suddenly get bored on some quiet beach, the nicest thing to do is come here to relax. But for me personally, it’s even more pleasant to then go back to peace and quiet) I’ll be honest - once we passed through some resort and it was quiet there. You can't hear any music from the beach at all. The rest of the hotels through which we got from the beach to the street looked more like a passageway.

Chaweng Beach

Chaweng Beach Infrastructure:
It is well developed, tuk-tuks operate regularly, although they charge more than in all other parts of the island. Annoying taxi drivers will not let a single tourist pass without honking their horn, creating an additional cacaphony of noise. The concentration of cafes, restaurants, bars and other establishments for every taste and budget is higher than on all neighboring beach markets. Massage parlors are a dime a dozen and prices are lower than in less touristic places, and there are masseuses on the beach every hundred meters. By the way, they are openly sold right on the beach. air balloons 150 baht each, filled, as the inscription on the tray says, with laughing gas. On Chaweng there are also the largest hypermarkets, the main Tesco Lotus of the island, Macro and Big C. In the same area there are various hospitals, including the best on the island of Bangkok Samui Hospital, the only place, where you can go with your child without fear, and where there are the only pediatricians on the island.

Chaweng Beach

There are great fans in Chaweng budget holiday can find guesthouses for some ridiculous money, I saw an advertisement on the street from one of them, about the cost of rooms being 150 rubles per day... It is to Chaweng that those who passionately desire “Thai love” at reasonable prices, offered in large quantities almost in any local bar. By the way, there are many restaurants with European cuisine, even McDonald’s, it seemed to me that there were two of them, as well as Pizza Hut and KFS. Most restaurants are mercilessly overpriced for food. If on walking street on Bo Put a mojito costs 50 re, then on the Chaweng beach it costs from 125, and on the party street it costs from 300 and more! But there are cafes with European-style ice cream; I really missed them on other beaches. I enjoyed dining by the sea, right on the cushions on the sand. True, finding a place where the speakers are not so noisy and the music is more or less decent is not so easy. As well as a place with a more or less decent price tag. We found one minibar with a cozy atmosphere, and the food menu was brought to us from a nearby restaurant.

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Chaweng Beach

Chaweng Beach:
The sand is white and very fine, pleasant to the touch. It seems to me that there is no such beautiful sand anywhere else. The beach is wide. But there are so many people that one remembers Anapa or Sochi of Soviet times. Everyone is constantly moving back and forth, Europeans are lying on trestle beds, restaurants are filled with Koreans, gays are running along the shore in large numbers, and terribly annoying merchants brazenly shove sparkling toys into the hands of children and beg money from parents.

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Chaweng Beach

Sea of ​​Chaweng Beach:
On Chaweng, the tides are pronounced, sometimes it’s a little shallow near the shore, but sometimes you can go to the depths and swim normally. Mostly people take a soak where the sea is “knee-deep” - during and after the party, apparently, that’s it. In the north to the sea coral reef, so it’s very shallow nearby. Usually the water is clear and the bottom is clean. In autumn and winter in Chaweng there are terrible waves and very strong winds, making it impossible to swim with children. But you can do it various types water sports. By the way, scooters are constantly rushing along the shore. It is believed that Chaweng has the most transparent and beautiful sea among other beaches, but I would not 100% say so.

Lipa Noi beach Samui.

Lipa Noi Beach

I love this beach for its silence and desertedness. It is also called the “elite pensioners zone.” It’s definitely not suitable for partygoers, although fun parties are held on Niki Beach, but in general it’s very calm here, there are practically no bars, all the large shops and generally all kinds of tourist shops are only in Nathon. By the way, you can get there in about 20 minutes. But in Lipanoi there is an immigration office where everyone goes to renew their visas. Don’t believe those who say that you can only get around Lipa Noi for a lot of money, this is just nonsense. A tuk tuk at the roundabout costs exactly 30 baht. By the way, there are not only large ones, which are called songhaews, there are also real tuk tuks, which do not operate in the Nathon-Chaweng area at all. Moreover, the driver’s phone number is written on the glass of the cab, write it down and call. If you initially designate your house (for example, Tanyas house), then upon calling within five minutes a personal tuktuker will drive up to you directly to your house and take you for the same 30 baht per person, for example, to Nathon, to Tesco Lotus, when finish your shopping, call him again, and five minutes later you are comfortably driving home for the same 30 baht per nose. We are very pleased - door to door and cheaper than tuk tuks from Ban Tai cost us. You can also find houses to suit every taste, although in general it seemed to me that they were more expensive than in other areas. There are available bungalows on the seashore, even from 14 thousand. But for this money you can rent a pretty decent house in other places. By the way, about decent, or rather, the opposite. Away from the beach, especially along various roads, you can find houses that are not super, but, for example, for 10,000 a double, even with its own territory and good internet.

Infrastructure of Lipa Noi beach :
There are a lot of purely Thai restaurants; there are few normal restaurants for tourists. There are a few expensive ones, because here is an area of ​​​​elite villas, terribly expensive resorts (near us, double houses cost 4,000 euros per month). But there are also good beach ones from time to time. For example, there is a restaurant right next to us where dishes cost an average of 50 baht, as do freshly squeezed juices. After meeting him, I became completely lazy and only cook for my child. And even then, we often feed her rice and chicken for lunch or dinner, because if you ask, they cook it without pepper and excess seasonings. There are not as many Seven Elevens as we would like, but they still exist. We are 10 minutes away on foot from the nearest one. There are also Thai shops, but they are mainly for locals; for ourselves, we only found water there if we suddenly ran out, and we’re just too lazy to go to the store. If you search, you can find local markets with fruits and vegetables. The nearest kindergartens are in Nathon. There seem to be a lot of them in Lipa Noi, but they are all closed because they can’t get enough children. There is also a large state Samui Hospital.

Lipa Noi Beach

Lipa Noi Beach:
Very pleasant, flat with a slope towards the sea, without rocks or ridges (not counting the mountains where the port is). The sand is fine, snow-white, without stones. A lot of shells and crabs. Sometimes it carries a lot of algae, but at hotels they are immediately removed, and on wild beaches it is carried out to sea with the next tide. However, in the summer there was a lot of mud and where there were areas without hotels or resorts, I didn’t want to walk barefoot. At first the child was bitten on the legs by sand flies, but then they probably got fed up and stopped. In all other respects, the place is ideal for parents with children during the season.

Lipa Noi Beach

Sea of ​​Lipa Noi Beach:
In winter the sea is much deeper. We even swam ourselves, and the baby was up to her neck quite close to the shore. And in the spring and summer, it is so shallow that even my one-year-old daughter has difficulty swimming. Because like her - less than waist-deep, sometimes knee-deep. But for adults it’s generally ankle-deep, it doesn’t even reach the knees. To swim normally you have to walk more than a hundred meters! The good tide is generally only at night. During April, water came at least waist-deep only twice so far. In June, in general, it’s only ankle-deep (The entrance, by the way, is correspondingly very flat. The transparency of the water varies from day to day, sometimes crystal clear, less often cloudy. The bottom is often with algae, although there are also clean areas. In some places there are a lot of stones and fragments of coral. But I didn’t see any hedgehogs.

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Taling Ngam Beach - Taling Ngam beach Samui

Taling Ngam Beach

Known as the quietest, secluded and farthest place from tourist civilization. Some consider this place a paradise for lovers, others consider it a complete wilderness. There are mostly expensive villas here, but along the road, at a distance from the sea, there is also a lot of cheap housing. Here you can see beautiful sunsets on the shore.

Taling Ngam Beach, pier

Infrastructure of Taling Ngam beach:
Considering that the beach is quite far from the ring road, you won’t be able to just take a tuk tuk. They simply aren't there. But taxi drivers drive periodically. True, they understand better than anyone that the farangs have no choice, so the sums are simply astronomical, even to get to Nathon. People without a car or a bike have nothing to do in that area. There are many cafes, mostly for locals. But there is some kind of show-off restaurant, where prices are 10 times higher (and more) than in simple Europeanized restaurants for foreigners. And the waiters walk around with such an air as if it is you who should serve them, and not they you. Out of principle, I didn’t eat in such a place. And in a simpler restaurant, which we stumbled upon by chance, at a fairly high prices the food was terribly not tasty... Although, you have to “know the places” everywhere. I didn’t find any kindergartens there, but maybe I didn’t look too hard.

Taling Ngam Beach

Taling Ngam Beach:
The sand is fine, light and clean. Due to the absence of crowds of tourists, the beaches are clean, if they do not throw up algae. During high tide it is very beautiful; photographers will be pleased with the views of wild beaches.

Sea of ​​Taling Ngam Beach:
Calm, quite transparent. However, the entrance is very flat, the ebb and flow of the tides are pronounced, and it is very difficult to swim at low tide, in some places it is even impossible. There are so many stones emerging from the water that you can’t even go into the sea.

Nathon beach Samui

Nathon Beach

In general, I don’t dare call Nathon a beach. It's more like a local center, a port mini-town, a business part of the city. There are two piers from which you can get to the mainland, islands, Phuket or book various excursions. There are a lot of shops right next to the pier that will sell you tickets to anywhere. There are also bus stations not so far away, from which you can go not only to various parts of Thailand, but also to Malaysia (via ferry, of course), and at simply ridiculous prices. There is also the Catholic Church, banks, and government institutions here.

Nathon Beach

Nathon infrastructure:
Well developed. There is a tuk-tuk parking at the pier in the square; they go towards Chaweng without interruption, but in the direction of Lamai (Lipa Noi) they go worse. If you board at the terminus, be sure to discuss the price. Especially in the evenings, tuk tukers along with taxi drivers greet those who have just arrived from the mainland and begin to make money, showing their inflated fabulous prices, beautifully printed by the Samui taxi mafia and laminated for greater importance. Ordinary clients who know the real price are of very little concern to them at this moment. Because it’s too difficult to explain to other ferry passengers why they are being transported for 500, and their neighbors for 50. If you go towards Lamai, then you should walk a little along the roundabout and catch a small tuk-tuk, which carries you along its route for 30 baht.
Nathon has its own Tesco Lotus, although it is small, but all the products and essential goods are available. It’s full of all sorts of shops and stalls, and prices for clothes and tourist souvenirs are several times lower than on other beaches of Samui. There is also a separate two-story children's store, this size is the only one on the island. This is where you have the chance to buy a normal crib, an almost decent car seat, and some educational toys. There are also a lot of cafes, massage parlors, bike and car rentals, and even a doctor who sees pregnant women and children. In my opinion, there is more than one such office in Nathon. There are enough markets and kindergartens. Not far from the center of Nathon there are two small but interesting places to visit - the temple-town of Wat Chaeng and the slightly prettier Wat Khun Kharam.

Nathon Beach

Natona Beach:
It simply doesn't exist. This is a "port place". In addition, there is fishing there. Of course there is a small piece wild beach, but no one swims or sunbathes there at all.

Sea of ​​Nathon:
Small, but surprisingly beautiful. Even at low tide. And the sunsets there are wonderful. However, in the summer, when the sea completely disappeared, the smell was as if the sellers had run away from the fish market and left their goods to rot for a week... It was difficult to even drive past without covering your nose.

Bang Po beach - Bang Po beach Samui

Bang Por Beach

Bang Por beach infrastructure:
The place is quite calm, because there are no attractions or bustling tourist life here. This beach is quite narrow, the houses are located almost close to the ring road. In my opinion, to live under the sounds of constantly passing traffic, from 5 in the morning until late at night, you need to have very strong nerves. However, in some places the strip of sand is a little wider and there are already several houses, even 3-4 here and there, but the first ones are right on the sea. Perhaps in them the sound of the sea slightly drowns out the noise of cars. But this still won’t save you from dust flying from the road. There are kindergartens. Some houses are located deeper into the island, but most of them have a steep uphill climb; for example, crawling up such a steep climb with a stroller or an elderly person is simply not realistic.

Bang Por Beach

Tuk tuks operate regularly from Bang Po in both directions. There are few shops, no large ones at all. I didn’t even see the Elevens. There are some restaurants right next to the road. There is even a pizzeria, but the local owner doesn’t particularly favor small children and walks around with a dissatisfied face. There are a couple of laundromats further inland. It seems that there is nowhere to go out there at all and there is nowhere to buy food. There are not even markets with fruits and vegetables; the nearest one is in Maenam. But in 30-40 minutes you can get to the hypermarket, or 20 to the market.

Bang Por Beach

Bang Por Beach:
A narrow strip of sand. It’s clean, beautiful, the sand is fine, but there are pebbles, shells, and fragments of coral. There are algae. It’s bad that the beach is interrupted several times by mountains and rocks; we wanted to take a walk along the shore but couldn’t. The houses are mostly old. But there are no mosquitoes on the beach, which is a huge plus. There are always few people on the beach. Nudists prefer to sunbathe in the stones.

Bang Por Beach

Sea of ​​Bang Por Beach:
A great place to relax with children. It is very shallow, the entrance is gentle, the bottom is quite decent if you move away from the stones. Light breeze, calm sea, usually clear water. Waves are rare.

Bo Phut Beach - Bo Phut beach Samui

Bo Phut Beach

A bustling place, perfect for those who want to have fun and relax. The area is built up quite densely, everything is located along the road leading from the main ring road. The beach is either very narrow, next to the road, or almost decent in size. There are expensive villas and resorts right next to the water, but I haven’t seen any affordable housing. But there is plenty of it across the road, a little deeper. True, prices are again higher than in less tourist areas for similar products. On Bo Phut there is the famous fishing village “Fisherman Village”, where our compatriots go for a walk and eat every Thursday.

Bo Phut Beach

Infrastructure of Bo Phut beach:
The minibuses run properly. There are plenty of shops, cafes and restaurants on every corner, and even several in a row. True, it’s either completely Thaistyle, in which I won’t risk sitting at a table, or the price tag is more expensive than in quieter areas. I would even say, much more expensive, and the quality of the food is not great. At the end of the beach we found an amazing cafe with cakes, juices and ice cream. There is an airport on Bo Phut, you can hear planes.

Bo Phut Beach

Bo Phut Beach:
Very pleasant, the sand is fine and clean, although there is little shade. The strip of sand is not wide, but there is more than enough space. There are not very many vacationers on the beach; everyone mostly lies on sun loungers near the hotels. There are practically no hotel areas, just one path to the sea. Despite the road nearby, it is quiet and calm during the day.

Bo Phut Beach

Sea of ​​Bo Phut Beach:
Calm, not particularly transparent. It’s quite shallow near the shore, the bottom half a meter to a meter from the sand is good, but if you go a meter deeper, there is silt, the feeling is quite slimy. The depth increases quite quickly. There are many places where boats and speedboats are parked.

Plai Laem beach Samui

Goddess of Mercy Guan Yin

A very small beach on which the wonderful place Plat Laiem is located. Big Buddha is nearby. In terms of recreation, the area is not at all touristy; those who come for a long period of time settle here. There is a lot of very cheap housing in this area, although there are also expensive houses. The cheap ones have generally adequate quality. For a short vacation, I would recommend other beaches, because the main attractions of the area can be easily visited in half a day if you come here specifically. Please be aware that those living on this beach may hear noise from airplanes. But you can take stunning pictures, as planes fly very low over the beach with enviable regularity.

Wat Plai Laem

Infrastructure of Pla Laem Beach:
The area is located next to the ring road, there are no problems with transport, and during the daytime it is easy and inexpensive to get to the neighboring beach. There is some tension with the shops; there are not many of them here. Although the same Seven Elevens and Family Marts are present. There are few bars and restaurants.

Pla Laem Beach:
Where it exists, the sand is fine, pleasant to the touch, and light. On the shore you can find shade from palm trees. However, this place seemed to me not very suitable for a resort holiday.

Sea Beach Pla Laem:
It’s clean, but very shallow, so adults can’t swim. There may be fishing boats on the shore.

Bang Rak beach Samui, Buddha Beach

It is popularly called Buddha Beach or Big Buddha Beach, since it is this landmark - the Big Buddha or Big Buddha - that it is famous for. The place is quite calm, although there are plenty of bars and restaurants. The coast is built up with hotels and villas, all available housing is opposite across the road. The cost is clearly higher than similar housing in less tourist areas. By the way, the main road here is too close to the sea, so there is noise from cars from morning to evening.

Ban Rak Beach

Ban Rak beach infrastructure:
The road is nearby, minibuses and taxis run smoothly. There are quite a lot of shops, there are minimarkets. Prices in restaurants are slightly higher than in the areas where we lived. There aren’t that many Russians, it seemed to me. If you head deep into the streets from the sea, you can find completely budget housing, but with big drawbacks. In the center of the beach there is a pier from which boats sail to the island of Koh Phangan. There is a fish market in the area that sells the freshest seafood.

Ban Rak Beach

Ban Rak Beach:
In mastered for tourist recreation The places are beautiful, the sand is excellent, but coastline not wide. In some places you can't swim at all. There is no wind or waves, it is very good for children to swim.

Ban Rak Beach

Sea of ​​Ban Rak Beach:
Small, literally a meter from the shore there may be not very pleasant silt. It seemed to me that there were very few people on the beach.

Lamai beach - Lamai beach Samui

Lamai Beach

The second most visited place by tourists. Unlike Chaweng, which holds the lead, it is much calmer here. There are many rental properties in this area to suit every taste, both expensive villas and cheap bungalows. Many tourists come to Lamai to see the famous sculptures of Grandmother and Grandfather, reminiscent of the female and male genital organs. It is believed that Lamai's main drawback has recently become too a large number of Russians who moved for permanent residence.

Children's water park

Lamai beach infrastructure:
The area is quite large, going deep into the island. But the main ones tourist places The habitats are located not so far from the ring road, so there are no problems with movement. There are plenty of shops, bars, restaurants and similar establishments to suit every taste and budget. A one-way street stretches along the shore, where tourists can find anything they want: clubs, shops, massage parlors, Thai boxing, a market with fresh vegetables and fruits, clothing markets and much more, even McDonald's. And there are so many makashniks that the smells of Thai food will follow you everywhere. Here, in Lamai, there is a large Tesco Lotus hypermarket, where you can find everything you might need. It has a food court and a bunch of shops, so you simply don’t have to go to the neighboring areas. There are also diving training centers and spa centers in large quantities, as well as a children's water park.

Lamai Beach

Quite wide, large, clean, the sand is large, golden, pleasant to the touch. Lots of umbrellas and sun loungers and even more people relaxing. There is little natural shade. There are enough traders and masseuses. On the beach they offer aquatic species entertainment. An ideal place for a beach holiday, but with the possibility of active and partying.

Lamai Beach

Lamai beach sea:
The entrance to the water is gentle. However, the northern part of the beach is shallow and full of rocks and corals. And in the southern part there are plenty of them, in addition there are sea ​​urchins. True, the sea is much deeper. But in the center perfect place for swimming: deep, good bottom, shallow entrance, it will get deep pretty quickly. True, it would be good for adults without children there, because the waves are often strong at sea. The water is not particularly clear, only in the center of the beach and in complete calm.
The author of the species photographs of Lamai beach is Stepan Skvortsov.

Street near the beach Lamai Beach

Tongh Krut beach Samui

Thong Krut Beach

A place for a relaxing holiday, admiring the sunsets located opposite the islands. There are not very many people living there, the place is very secluded, not touristy. In the same area there is a snake farm famous for its shows and the Khao Chedi Pagoda, which is surrounded by golden Buddha statues. You can rent a boat and go on an excursion to the islands opposite and visit a pearl farm.

Infrastructure of Thong Krut beach:
The place is quite remote, far from the ring road, leaving by local transport is not so easy. To stay here you need to rent your own bike or car. There are few shops, and it’s a very, very long drive to get to supermarkets.

Thong Krut Beach:
Not a very wide strip of sand, although very fine and white. If you get there at low tide, you can take very beautiful photos.

Sea of ​​Thong Krut Beach:
Very shallow, no place to swim. And the bottom is full of rocks, silt, and slimy. The water is cloudy. At low tide there is a huge sandbank. There are many fishing boats in the sea. In general, you shouldn’t get into the water at all.

Chaweng Noi Beach Chaweng Noi, Crystal Bay Crystal_Bay (aka Thongtakian and Silver beach)

Crystal Bay Beach

Chaweng Noi is a small beach after Chaweng, about a kilometer long. One of the corners of paradise - the sea is transparent, the sand is like in advertising. However, in its southern part there are many stones and the place is not suitable for swimming. There are usually not many people on the beach, but there are plenty of crabs and fish in the water.

Immediately after it is the secluded Crystal Bay with a calm clear sea, excellent fine sand and a small number of people.

Chaweng Noi Beach

Infrastructure of Chaweng Noi beach:
There are many restaurants and bars on the beach, they have umbrellas and sun loungers. If you purchase food or drinks, umbrellas and sun loungers are free to use. The beach offers various activities water activities: You can ride a banana boat, a scooter, a parachute and so on. Since the hotels located on the shore are of a fairly high level, you won’t be able to have a cheap meal there, but there are more than enough places to eat. Supermarkets, shops and markets are located nearby in the Chaweng area, which is very close. But on the beach itself, more precisely, outside the territory, in general there is nothing, there is nowhere to walk, there are no ordinary shops.

Crystal Bay Beach

Chaweng Noi Beach and Crystal Bay:
Quite a wide strip of snow-white sand, soft, without pebbles and shells. Very clean. There are huge boulders in the middle of the beach. The views are simply amazing. If on Chaweng Noi beach there are sometimes quite strong waves, then in Crystal Bay the sea is always ideal, because it is protected from the wind by rocks. During the season there are a lot of people there, but many consider it the most beautiful beach on Koh Samui.

Crystal Bay Beach

Sea of ​​Chaweng Noi Beach:
Very clean, transparent, sometimes a little small. But you can swim. The waves are not big, most often it is generally calm. In some places there are a lot of boulders in the water, but you can swim between them, there is plenty of space. The largest ones are great for sunbathing and taking stunning pictures. Not far from the shore you can see fish, even quite large ones near the reef. And sometimes stingrays swim almost to the shore.
Hua Thanon beach - Hua Thanon beach Samui

Hua Thanon Beach

Not a particularly suitable place for relaxation. Although there are enough hotels there, and plenty of houses for different budgets. Firstly, the sea is very shallow and rocky, and secondly, there is a large Muslim village in the area. Get ready to listen to the singing coming from their mosque strictly on schedule. In addition, the residents live mainly by fishing, so where there is still an approach to the shore among the rocks, there will definitely be someone’s boat parked. But it’s good to come here for fishing, even if without a fishing rod, but with a bag. Here you can always choose a wide variety of freshly caught seafood and at reasonable prices.

Infrastructure of Hua Thanon Beach:
There are no supermarkets nearby, so you will have to travel far and long to buy groceries. Thai shops are unlikely to save you. The only plus is that there are many attractions nearby. This area is home to two of the largest waterfalls with stunning natural views. And on an excursion to this part of the island, tourists are brought together to look at the monk’s mummy at the Wat Thunaram temple. There is also an aquarium with a tiger zoo nearby. However, the sight is very sad and not particularly impressive for those who have been to similar places on the mainland or in any other city. And, of course, a must-visit attraction for tourists is the Grandmother and Grandfather stones, which resemble male dignity and female organs.

Hua Thanon

Hua Thanon Beach:
There are a lot of stones, coarse sand. But there are also a lot of shells. There is shade from palm trees, but this place is not particularly suitable for a beach holiday. Although, of course, if you try, you can easily find several coves for a secluded holiday. On most of the beach you can see small garbage and old abandoned boats.

Sea of ​​Hua Thanon Beach:
Not swimmable. It’s shallow, there are a lot of stones, you can’t walk along the bottom without slippers. Although, of course, if you really want to, you can find small pieces of decent places. The tides are very pronounced.

Laem Set beach Samui

Beach Laem set

Strictly speaking, there is nothing to say about the beach in terms of tourism. It’s beautiful in places for photographs, but not suitable for a beach holiday at all. It is worth coming here for snorkeling, as there is a coral reef. However, it may be so shallow that you won’t be able to dive much.