Pattaya sea water quality gets 'poor' grade

[Skeptic7]

...and this is "News" to whom? Oh yeah...all the Thai and foreign tourists I see swimming in it every time I'm there...

Pattaya sea water quality gets 'poor' grade

[namatjira]

' poor grade '.....I am surprised they even bothered testing it.

Condoms, sewerage, there is nothing deviant it does not have.

Be a braver man who swims in that cess pit.

[Lannig]

When in Pattaya (not that this happens a lot) I go to Bang Saray when I want to swim.

Unfortunately the sea water there seemed almost as filthy as it is in Pattaya last time I went.

Despite us all taking showers before leaving, one person in the party has been scratching himself for a full day afterwards.

EDIT: ouch. Didn't notice the link. This thread is gone in 3...2...

[Ireland32]

Koh Larn is the only place I would swim around there

[phycokiller]

its rainy season, every time it rains the cities sewers empty into the sea. personally I have never seen condoms or sewage but I wouldnt swim in it this time of year

[fforest1]

its rainy season, every time it rains the cities sewers empty into the sea. personally I have never seen condoms or sewage but I wouldnt swim in it this time of year

The water is very poor quality most of the year but I have seen it pass

for almost ok like after a big storm with heavy seas....

[Cirencester]

Swim over Jomtien always decent over there

[Skeptic7]

Swim over Jomtien always decent over there

A bit better yes, but I'm not swimming in Jomtien either...

...but that's just me.

[onemorechang]

Swim over Jomtien always decent over there

Some times but not always.

Never been in the sea in pattaya or jomtien, just go have a good look at the shit in the water.

think it could melt your foot off.

[lonewolf99]

When I first came here I knew no better and waded into the sea in Jomtien.

It only took a few minutes to realise what I was amongst.

Panty liner was the first to get stuck against my leg. Then more and more plastic bags and then I saw the dogs crapping all over the place....

Since then I don't venture in. I have been to Koh Larn and Koh Chang and the water was free of the above some of the time...

But I have since realised that Jomtien has at least 2 sewage/drain outfalls just offshore. One is about 400 mtrs out from around where the jet skis and boats pull up and launch near Soi 14. I have seen it basically bubbling to the surface.....not good.