Pattaya sea turns lurid green as "plankton bloom" hits resort

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Pattaya sea turns lurid green as "plankton bloom" hits resort

 

Picture: TNews

 

PATTAYA: -- Tourists wondered about the state of the sea in Pattaya yesterday as a phenomenon known as plankton bloom hit the resort.

 

Knowing Thais will have just understood it was "whale pooh".

 

Due to a great increase in the level of plankton in the area the sea has turned into a lurid green color from the Dusit Resort Hotel in

North Pattaya all the way to South Pattaya, reported Tnews.

 

A video showed the phenomenon offshore some 100 meters from the beach. It showed two distinct colors to the sea.

 

But later it made landfall with tourists wondering what it was all about.

 

It had hit Bang Saen last week but is now moving down the coast.

 

Thais call such an event "Khii plaa waan" - whale pooh.

 

Source: TNews

 

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[joepattaya1961]

According to Thai language media: "No panic, it will be gone in 2-3 days"

[darksidedog]

So if Plankton is called whale pooh, what it the rest of the real shit that is in the water called?

[trogers]

1 hour ago, darksidedog said:

So if Plankton is called whale pooh, what it the rest of the real shit that is in the water called?

Buffalo pooh?

[SidJames]

1 hour ago, darksidedog said:

So if Plankton is called whale pooh, what it the rest of the real shit that is in the water called?

Crystal clear waters & pristine white sandy beaches

[Grusa]

https://vimeo.com/221406402

 

[toenail]

Let's get the facts recorded: Due to raw sewage flowing into the warm shallow bay. The sewage is full of nitrogen which the algae thrives on & ( unfortunately) depletes the oxygen in the water. 

[Thechook]

You will never get me into the sea in Thailand, the most disgusting cesspit in the world.  Thailand without a doubt would have to have the most polluted beaches in the world, sewage, chemicals, floating garbage and even bodies washing up.

[johng]

Maybe they need to actually start using the water treatment plants

the one on Soi Wat Boon looks unused to me !

[gk10002000]

1 hour ago, SidJames said:

Crystal clear waters & pristine white sandy beaches

i can only imagine, and only if really drunk what a clean and really swimmable pattaya beach would have been like years ago

[gk10002000]

Just now, johng said:

Maybe they need to actually start using the water treatment plants

the one on Soi Wat Boon looks unused to me !

haha.  wow, not surprised as I have heard nothing good about any of those so called facilities.  Pipe is broken

[ALLSEEINGEYE]

Lurid, great choice of words. Here is one of it's meanings as well, which suits Pattaya quite nicely.

lurid adjective

 UK  /ˈlʊə.rɪd/ US  /ˈlʊr.ɪd/ disapproving

 

lurid adjective (SHOCK

(especially of a description) shocking because involving violence,sex, or immoral activity:

[KhunBENQ]

4 hours ago, johng said:

Maybe they need to actually start using the water treatment plants

the one on Soi Wat Boon looks unused to me !

Thanks for that. Surface in a recent report about yje construction on Soi Watboon/beach rd.

What I assumed and why it never stinks when you pass by.

Many times when on visit I drove by without the slightest idea what it is.

Some people might not be happy if it starts operating.

[jobsworth]

whale pooh happens a lot in hawaii but it is a brown color and not green.

 

[Moti24]

Didn't Phuket have the same problem not so long ago!  Turned out to be raw sewage, more commonly know as "Shit".

[Juan B Tong]

Its a refreshing change from brown

[wakeupplease]

9 hours ago, SidJames said:

Crystal clear waters & pristine white sandy beaches

You must be talking about Vietnam then

[wakeupplease]

And the locals say it a wonderful safe place to live, my god even the sea is polluted just like the BIB and local enforcers.

[just.a.thought]

Well Pattaya is downstream from the sewers of Bangkok so every time it rains up there the toilet flushes on Pattaya

[fakename]

I think a line of boats, all with their props tuning, will push the water out to some other place where green water is  not needed! easy fix!

[Italian guy]

15 hours ago, webfact said:

sea has turned into a lurid green color

Well it was really time for a change, before it was white and brown because of condoms and s _ _ t...

[Italian guy]

8 hours ago, ALLSEEINGEYE said:

Lurid, great choice of words. Here is one of it's meanings as well, which suits Pattaya quite nicely.

lurid adjective

 UK  /ˈlʊə.rɪd/ US  /ˈlʊr.ɪd/ disapproving

 

lurid adjective (SHOCK

(especially of a description) shocking because involving violence,sex, or immoral activity:

 

[wakeupplease]

1 hour ago, Italian guy said:

 

We know what the word means, but lets do an easy discription

 

Loads of crap floating in the sea where tourist swim after paying for a holiday in hell.

 

Locals like it, Tourists do not and TAT say its safe. Bring Your Own Body Bag and say goodbye to loved ones if you are stupid enough to take a holiday in this place

[jacko45k]

It is a good job the Triathlon is done and dusted else we would have had a scene from ''The Green Monsters of the Deep'......

[Cadbury]

23 hours ago, darksidedog said:

So if Plankton is called whale pooh, what it the rest of the real shit that is in the water called?

Blind trout.

[Italian guy]

12 hours ago, wakeupplease said:

We know what the word means, but lets do an easy discription

 

Loads of crap floating in the sea where tourist swim after paying for a holiday in hell.

 

Locals like it, Tourists do not and TAT say its safe. Bring Your Own Body Bag and say goodbye to loved ones if you are stupid enough to take a holiday in this place

See my previous post. 

[hotchilli]

PATTAYA: -- Tourists wondered about the state of the sea in Pattaya yesterday as a phenomenon known as plankton bloom hit the resort.

 

I know tourists who are worried about the state of the whole place, not just what's in the water !

My friend has been holidaying in Pattaya with his family annually for the last 10 years, this year was his last visit.. he said no more !

He said on arrival the the airport was a mess, the taxi driver tried to rip him off on the journey to Pattaya.

The hotel was nothing like the brochure advertised, the beach was a mess, the sea stank, the bars were always frightening to visit

having to watch your back at every turn.

Relaxing he said was not a word he would use for the experience.

Next year he said he would still choose Asia, but Thailand would not be on the list!