By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Samui Island – A German tourist drowned near a beach on Samui Island.

The Bo Phut Police told the Phuket Express they were notified that a male foreign tourist drowned at Chaweng Beach on Monday (March 6th). Emergency responders and police arrived at the beach.

 

The man was identified by police as a 58-year-old German man (The Phuket Express is withholding his name pending embassy and family notification). His body was already been pulled out from the water.

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2023/03/07/german-tourist-drowns-on-samui-island/

 

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RIP young man.

Unusual, most drownings are when the water is rough and there are rips on Chaweng beach.

Water looks pretty calm at the moment.

Speedboats going to KPN all night long to the FMP.

33 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

RIP young man.

Unusual, most drownings are when the water is rough and there are rips on Chaweng beach.

Water looks pretty calm at the moment.

Speedboats going to KPN all night long to the FMP.

Maybe he just wasn't a strong swimmer, got out of his depth and into trouble.