Paul36 Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I found this picture below from Koh Samui with Full Moon Monsoon it said. On pattaya beach this happens about 200 days each year, when the low tide drops to 1m that lousy strip of 10m broad beach all of a sudden becomes 200m wide filled with kneedeep shallow pools. Does what I see on this picture happen regularly on Koh Samui beaches or was this a rare occasion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samui Coconut Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 This looks like Nathon...but not sure. Happens occasionally.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbos Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Happens certain times of the year but mainly on the Nathon and Plai Laem beaches, when all local Thais run out and start collecting shells! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorSucker Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Never happens on the major tourist beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul36 Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 http://www.thailandmarineguide.com/tidetable_samui_october_2009.php That a tide table for Koh Samui. As you can see the level of the water for this month varies between 1.3m above lowest water level and 2.7m above lowest low tide water level. The picture might be an extreme example but doesn't it make a big difference in how wide the beach get every day? Could someone describe how broad some of the beaches are at low and high tide? I love walking and jogging on the flat wet sand, something that is rather unpleasant if the water doesn't drop back far enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 (edited) The season for very low tides are over. It starts around April and lasts till August. I've walked around the island twice in each direction and during high and low tides. The beaches where you'll get similar scenery during extreme low tides are as follows: Nathon all the way south to raja car ferry peer in fact almost the whole western part of island Pang-Ka, west-southwest of the island. Thong-krut, south-southwest The beach north of the big budda on north-east part of island Bang-kao south part of island North part of Lamai And of course north part of Chaweng on the lagune and you can walk accross to the Mat Lang island. During extreme low tides, it'll expose around 100-200m of sea-floor basically. Some beaches will expose rocky seaweed and some will expose corals and some just very fine white sand while some are quite muddy. I've personally walked on all of them during the low tides. The scenery is quite spectacular when you walk on the low tides and it's nice and quiet and especially around south-west part of the island is very deserted. That is one place I think I've been complete alone without any humans maybe around nearest kilometer. That is an experience hard to get in Thailand. Edited October 10, 2010 by Mole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 In the coming months, the low tides are never low enough that much of the beach is exposed. This was the schedule I had taken from your link. However, I'm not entirely sure about how the numbers really mean. Because the lowest tides listed are 0.8 while the highest are 2.9 and there is no way that there is 2 meter of difference on the tides. When I stand on the beach during the lowest tides and it is just not possible that the highest tide is above my head because the whole beach is not even high enough. May 29 Saturday 08-09 1.0 May 30 Sunday 09-10-11 1.0 May 31 Monday 10-11 1.0 June 12 Saturday 07-08-09-10-11 1.0 June 13 Sunday 09-10 0.9 June 14 Monday 09-10-11 0.9 June 15 Tuesday 10-11-12 0.9 June 25 Friday 08 0.9 June 26 Saturday 08-09-10 0.9 June 27 Sunday 08-09-10 0.9 June 28 Monday 09-10-11 0.9 June 29 Tuesday 10 0.9 July 11 Sunday 08-09-10 0.8 July 12 Monday 08-09-10-11 0.8 July 13 Tuesday 09-10-11 0.8 July 14 Wednesday 09-10-11-12 0.9 July 21 Wednesday 09-10 0.9 July 22 Thursday 08-09-10 0.9 July 23 Friday 07-08-09-10 0.9 July 24 Saturday 06-07-08-09-10 0.9 July 25 Sunday 07-08-09-10 0.9 July 26 Monday 07-08-09-10 0.9 July 27 Tuesday 08-09-10 0.9 August 07 Saturday 08 0.8 August 08 Sunday 07-08-09 0.8 August 09 Monday 07-08-09-10 0.8 August 10 Tuesday 09 0.8 August 21 Saturday 07 0.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul36 Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 Great Mole, I have bad timing! Need to get there with 3 days to see what a regular 1.3m low tide does to the beach since it won't get low anymore the rest of the month like here and my current lease is ending. Over here that's enough to turn 10m wide into 200m wide, I hope the regular low tides have a nice effect on Koh Samui beaches as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul36 Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 looks decieve... I'd say no way over here as well but I swim and can't reach the bottom whilst I walk there the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 All I can say is that anything above 1.2 you're not going to get much of the beach exposed. It's only during these few days during the year where you get the really spectacular beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul36 Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 I was hoping on a 100m wide beach with the 1.3m lowtides comming up, will that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 No, not really. As you can see on the table, from now on it'll only get over 1.3 and 1.4 being the lowest for the next couple of months or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtom Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Yes. Just not this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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