jacko45k Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 15 hours ago, tprender said: This might help! http://www.thephuketnews.com/pattaya-sea-water-pollution-could-endanger-human-and-marine-life-57940.php#jPXIMZ0Vamv9JJ9y.97 Sent from my Lenovo K52e78 using Tapatalk Just domestic waring between the 2 main coastal tourist cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Would you swim in the water in a dirty toilet? Go to koh learn or your pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Have been living in Jomtien more than 12 years, never gone in the water. I would rather swim in my own toilet. At least I would know source of the brown trout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I want to know what dodgy looking mean also brown colored and greenish mean etc. Doctors have produced this guide to sea colour and condition: Dodgy looking - Everyone probably ate peanuts, undigested sunflower seeds etc Brown coloured - Everyone ate steak and kidney pie, hot dogs Greenish - Generally results from eating a vegetarian diet Blue colour - Hospitalisation urgently recommended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwak250 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I used to swim in the sea all the time but after my son got a nasty jellyfish bite and I saw a condom floating next to me I keep to the swimming pools now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Doubtful it will kill you or even make you sick...but I don't and wouldn't. Many do, but It's filthy. Notice the dearth of (live) fish and total lack of seabirds. Sure signs of unhealthy conditions and a polluted ecosystem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 if you can swim then you are safe otherwise you could drown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystal sauce Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 If you can figure out what is going on now in Jomtien Soi Grand or Watboon crossing beach road then you might safely swim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smccolley Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I have played in the water on and off for 11 years in Naklua (normally not Pattaya) and never experienced anything bad. My kids on the other hand occasionally develop a rash and prefer not to go anymore. Can't really blame them. It isn't very clean... Very unfortunate that I finally move to the beach and can't safely enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anagami Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 How safe is it to swim in sewage, if you keep your mouth closed? :) I knew somebody who swam in Jomtien every day. He stopped after he got a mold on his feet that wouldn't go away. Not trying to scare you, true story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graemej100 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 You'd probably make it back to your hotel before nausea sets in and diarrhoea starts. Don't take the chance! Go to Koh Larn if you want to swim. Those who say they swim every day have built up an immunity to the sewer and stormwater (read wastewater) that flows into Pattaya Bay and Jomtien. Thailand beaches are not the beaches you see in the travel brochures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 A troll post has been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khon Kaen Dave Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 21 hours ago, tonray said: The life expectancy for a farang in the sea at Pattaya is markedly longer than for one on a balcony in Pattaya. Very quick. loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khon Kaen Dave Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 10 minutes ago, Graemej100 said: You'd probably make it back to your hotel before nausea sets in and diarrhoea starts. Don't take the chance! Go to Koh Larn if you want to swim. Those who say they swim every day have built up an immunity to the sewer and stormwater (read wastewater) that flows into Pattaya Bay and Jomtien. Thailand beaches are not the beaches you see in the travel brochures. I was thinking of sending a couple of snaps to. Hayes and Jarvis, and Kuoni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcoast Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 The fact that it's a concern to you should answer your question.Sent from my SM-A910F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraynz Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 i was last in pattaya in january .,pattaya water wasnt too bad. it is usually worse around full tide .i do swim there occasionally,but as somebody has already said-koh larn is much cleaner or even jomtien...pattaya is getting worse with most ofl the speed boats,now anchored there permanently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenKadz Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 When you are out swimming in Pattaya Bay, turn around a look back at the shore (condominiums, hotels, shops, etc.), and ask yourself, "Where does all the shit go"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madusa Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 23 hours ago, phycokiller said: theres a reason that this information isnt publicly available and that it it might harm the tourist industry. I would say its not safe for swimming during the rainy season because the sewers all overflow into the sea when it rains Oh God, that is gross. All the virus & bacteria stick on your hairs, ears, eyes, lips.... Let's see, hepatitis A, B, C, Typhoid, Amoebic dysentery virus, HIV (although dead by then), pus from the wounds, women's menstruation , decaying aborted babies, cholera, dead animals , like cats and dogs. I am going to sing a song called "No more swimming in Pattaya" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogo51 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 On 2017-5-22 at 1:42 PM, Chivas said: I swim frequently and have never ever had side effects or sickness however i do make a point of keeping my mouth firmly closed I would not swim in it same Jomtien. They pump effluent with reckless indifference into the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madusa Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 20 hours ago, Chivas said: what are you on about ???? you asked some bizarre quesion about my eye and ear ?? No, not bizarre question, I think he meant all the shits and urine got into your eye and ear. Sorry for being busybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madusa Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Just arrived did you say? After reading all the comments if I were you I would think "I wish I haven't arrived yet so I can make a U turn". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tprender Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Just domestic waring between the 2 main coastal tourist cities.Did you read the article? Sent from my Lenovo K52e78 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tprender Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 No, not bizarre question, I think he meant all the shits and urine got into your eye and ear. Sorry for being busybody.Yes exactly what I meant, he seems to think that if you keep your mouth closed then you're safe!! Apparently he's unaware of all the skin, eye, ear infections you can get from polluted water. Sent from my Lenovo K52e78 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragpicker Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I remember taking a dip off Jomtien beach some 20+ years ago, when a turd floated by. Haven't been back in there since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verito Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 There swim only Thai youths and Russians... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tprender Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I frankly can't see why anybody would want to go swimming in Pattaya, why take the risk? Sent from my Lenovo K52e78 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazly Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 16 hours ago, fforest1 said: I took this picture of Pattaya beach yesterday...It looks ok to me.. Beer googles mayhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazly Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, Graemej100 said: You'd probably make it back to your hotel before nausea sets in and diarrhoea starts. Don't take the chance! Go to Koh Larn if you want to swim. Those who say they swim every day have built up an immunity to the sewer and stormwater (read wastewater) that flows into Pattaya Bay and Jomtien. Thailand beaches are not the beaches you see in the travel brochures. Or go full out and swim to Koh Larn! A few years back a drunk foreigner jumped into the drink from soi 6 and started swimming to Australia....so Koh Larn should be chicken feed! http://www.udonmap.com/udonthaniforum/drunken-aussie-tries-to-swim-back-home-t6644.html Edited May 23, 2017 by tazly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I have heard that people with a latex allergy should think twice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimcarr65 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Well I have never gone in, but my friend went in last year near Jomtien and broke out in rashes within an hour. I would pass. Go to Bali Hai pier and take the ferry over to Koh Larn, much better. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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