Tourists on Samui Island Give Thumbs Down Over Contaminated Oil in Sea Water

[webfact]

PHOTO: MGR online

 

By Goongnang Suksawat

Samui Island, Surat Thani – Foreign tourists on Samui Island were disappointed and gave a big thumbs down after they found contaminated oil with a bad smell in the sea water.

 

On Thursday (March 23rd) sea water at Baan Mae Nam Beach was found with a black color, bad smell, and contaminated with oil stains. Tourists were afraid to go into the water. They designed to go for a massage instead.

 

A German couple said to local media that they sunbathed instead of going into the water.

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2023/03/24/tourists-on-samui-island-give-thumbs-down-over-contaminated-oil-in-sea-water/

 

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[watchcat]

Next year they'll choose another country for their vacation.

[rbkk]

More money will be lost from the bad publicity this story could generate amongst potential tourists than the cost of a proper clean-up.

[petermik]

A committee is being set up to investigate........

[PETERTHEEATER]

9 minutes ago, petermik said:

A committee is being set up to investigate........

They will ensure that only clean fresh oil is dumped

[khunPer]

Wow, I live permanently beachfront on Maenam Beach and walk half the bay every day, I've seen not seen or heard about any oil contamination, so it might be very local in smaller part of the beach.

 

However, the sand might sometimes get dark from natural underground oil, which is so close to the seabed that small amounts can surface, where-after the dark oily sand can be moved by sea current and waves to the beaches of Samui. It's not contamination, it's nature...

 

[Burma Bill]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

to go for a massage instead.

Couldn't the tourists have had an "oily massage" in the sea????

Edited March 25, 2023 by Burma Bill
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[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, petermik said:

A committee is being set up to investigate........

Followed by a sub-committee

[jaywalker]

46 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Couldn't the tourists have had an "oily massage" in the sea????

I agree........When in Rome......

[RichardColeman]

Welcome to your expensive once in a lifetime holiday resort.

[GreasyFingers]

4 hours ago, khunPer said:

Wow, I live permanently beachfront on Maenam Beach and walk half the bay every day, I've seen not seen or heard about any oil contamination, so it might be very local in smaller part of the beach.

 

However, the sand might sometimes get dark from natural underground oil, which is so close to the seabed that small amounts can surface, where-after the dark oily sand can be moved by sea current and waves to the beaches of Samui. It's not contamination, it's nature...

 

I have seen that sort of sand where the untreated sewerage leaches onto the beach from the outlet/lagoon behind the beach.

[Purdey]

Pollution ought to be more important in a massive tourism reliant country like Thailand. But it isn't. 

[metisdead]

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[Tropicalevo]

14 hours ago, Purdey said:

Pollution ought to be more important in a massive tourism reliant country like Thailand. But it isn't. 

It wasn't pollution.

It was dead algae.

Google it.

I did post a reference but it was removed. (Sorry mods. ????)

[khunPer]

21 hours ago, GreasyFingers said:

I have seen that sort of sand where the untreated sewerage leaches onto the beach from the outlet/lagoon behind the beach.

There is no lagoon behind Maenam Beach...

[GreasyFingers]

6 minutes ago, khunPer said:

There is no lagoon behind Maenam Beach...

Sorry, talking about Lamai. Do not know if the same problem exists at Maenam but the sand looked similar.

[AgMech Cowboy]

Mostly likely a cargo ship of some kind dumped it's bilge and that's what's made it to Samui. ***

 

*** just saw Tropicalevo post. He is more likely correct. He researched it. I made a conjecture.

Edited March 26, 2023 by AgMech Cowboy

[phetphet]

On 3/25/2023 at 6:17 PM, GreasyFingers said:

I have seen that sort of sand where the untreated sewerage leaches onto the beach from the outlet/lagoon behind the beach.

This is more likely to be the  problem. From one of the resorts that back on to the beach.

[BangkokReady]

On 3/25/2023 at 7:21 AM, webfact said:

they found contaminated oil with a bad smell in the sea water

I hate contaminated oil in sea water.  give me fresh uncontaminated oil in the sea and I'm as happy as a pig in... oil!