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Koh Samui raises red flags to ban swimming

By The Nation

 

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Resorts and hotels at the popular Chaweng Beach on the tourist destination of Koh Samui raised red flags to warn tourists against swimming on Monday.

 

The resorts took action after the Samui sea turned rough with one to two-metre-high waves caused by a strong monsoon.

 

The Samui Harbour office also warned operators of tourist boats and ferries to use extreme caution due to the high seas.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30332593

 
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21 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Mother nature has got harsh get when the high season is starting !

November-December has never been "high season" at Koh Samui, it's "no season" and some resorts used to even close during the monsoon – most still send their staff on vacation – at the moment here are next to nobody. Next season begin between  December 15th and 20th, and it's "peak season" from December 23rd, with numerous resorts are already fully booked...:whistling:

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1 minute ago, khunPer said:

November-December has never been "high season" at Koh Samui, it's "no season" and some resorts used to even close during the monsoon – most still send their staff on vacation – at the moment here are next to nobody. Next season begin between  December 15th and 20th, and it's "peak season" from December 23rd, with numerous resorts are already fully booked...:whistling:

well thanks in that case for the information, we were planning to make a hop over but if you say not worth till mid december then we will wait till next year.

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6 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

well thanks in that case for the information, we were planning to make a hop over but if you say not worth till mid december then we will wait till next year.

No, I'm not saying that – but the weather conditions during the monsoon may offer you two weeks with extremely nice calm sunshine, or the risk of two stormy weeks with so much downpour that you wish you had brought a rubber boat with you, when heading for 7-Eleven at the corner – but if you're not staying beach-front, you don't feel the wind, whilst rain can be a problem if heavy, and lasting for several days; presume like most places in Thailand.

 

The rainy monsoon season can last until mid January, only reason the tourist season begin at the end of December is because of Santa Claus...:whistling:

 

I live beach front, and get a "good" feeling of the monsoon – and also the outstanding calm sunny days in November and December – but before I lived almost 100 meter behind the beach, and we really never noticed the monsoon storms, apart from when it had been raining for several days. 

 

Today waves are pretty normal – i.e. fairly close to almost calm – light wind, but cloudy. Just a little change in overall wind-systems can bring Samui and her sisters both bad, and excellent weather; a good alternative source to the glass-ball for predictions is Ventosky.

 

Alternatively one can always enjoy the "bathing & swimming holiday" like these tourists did during last "wet season"...:wink:

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  • 4 weeks later...
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Don't forget to take a look at the warning-video in this new thread, "Dangerous Sea": 
»Christmas visitors aren't going to like not being able to swim in the sea but IMO conditions are far too dangerous to do so at the moment...«

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