More South Beaches Ko Samui
Pang Ka Beach
P ang Ka (Phang Ka) is, perhaps, the most shallow bay on the island. At low tide, if you want to get into the water at least up to your knees, you will have to walk up to its estuary, and it is 1.5-2 km away from the centre of the beach. Actually, even high tide hardly improves the situation, it only covers patches of sandy bottom. The bay estuary is blocked by colonies of corals and seaweed, where you may easily see not only tiny fish, but also a family of black sea urchins. …
Taling Ngam Beach
T he northern part of Hua Thanon Beach is a small bay. There are smoothed by the water stones on the shore here, and the sand is coarse and of light reddish hue. Pleasure boats are anchored by the shore, and separate yachts and motorboats, which mostly belong to the centre of water sports, which office is situated right here. Southwards the beach stretches out into a spacious, a bit stretching out into the sea, coast line, and grainy sand is replaced by smooth flour of greyish-and-white colour.…
Lipa Noi Beach
L ipa Noi Beach in Lipa Noi or Tong Yang bay is an ambivalent beach. Its southern coast is absolutely dissimilar to its northern coast, and the best place for water entertainments is in the middle. The depth in the central part is quite comfortable, the bed disappears in approximately one hundred meters. The entrance into the sea is very gradual, crumbly reddish sand is beneath your feet. The water on the whole beach is slightly muddy, but it gets most transparent in the centre. Moreover, this part of the beach is the most well-groomed and quite clean.…
Tong Yang Beach
T ong Yang bay is an ambivalent beach. Its southern coast is absolutely dissimilar to its northern coast, and the best place for water entertainments is in the middle. The depth in the central part is quite comfortable, the bed disappears in approximately one hundred meters. The entrance into the sea is very gradual, crumbly reddish sand is beneath your feet. The water on the whole beach is slightly muddy, but it gets most transparent in the centre. Moreover, this part of the beach is the most well-groomed and quite clean. …
Nathon Beach
O n Nathon, like everywhere else on the western coast, low tides change sea landscapes considerably. Water goes from the sea shore for a couple of kilometers. But even during high tide the conditions for swimming are far from being perfect. Not very big depth, silt, chips of dead corals, stones, seaweed – all of them will prevent you from a pleasant swim. Moreover, the coast is littered, it is particularly noticeable near an embankment and port quays.…
Bang Makham Beach
B ang Makham turns into a beach only at low tide, which is, actually, not so uncommon in the west of Koh Samui. Retreating water bares a spacious sandy surface. It is possible to reach its edge at this time, but only after having walked for a few dozens of meters, and you will have to walk even more, if you want to get into the water up to your knees. At high tide, Bang Makham is a narrow coastline along the ring road. But it won’t be possible to swim here because of the shallows.…
Laem Yai Beach
L aem Yai is one of those beaches, which call for walking, rather than swimming. The sand on the coast is pleasant: light, of creamy shade and v ery soft. However, you cannot say the same about the bottom, besides, there is not much water at all, even during high tide. The shallows stretch out into the sea for about half a kilometer, and they end with coral gardens. The bottom is sticky, silty and stony. That’s why you’d better walk wearing special footwear, otherwise you may injure your feet, moreover, it is just unpleasant. At low tide, the shallows bare for about 40-50 meters.…
Bang Por Beach
B ang Po is a beach with fine and light sandy blanket. Right by the water the sand is a bit on coarse side and it is reddish; as for the seabed, the sand there is of light creamy shade and dust-like, which makes an impression of clamminess. The beach is not very wide: about 20 meters throughout its all length. The average depth near the shore is up to knees, in some places – shallower, in other places – deeper, there are spinneys of corals along the whole coast line, they are about 150 meters wide, so one can’t go into the water farther than a couple of meters. …