Very low water around Koh Samui

Very low water around Koh Samui

This year the low water around Samui seems to have found a new low, so to speak. During the 11 years that I've been here now, I've seen some low tides, especially around this time of the year, but this year seems to be taking the stroedel.

Around Nathon, where I took these pictures, the water recedes a lot each year but now the water also recedes at places that usually stay covered in water.

The Thai people love the low tide and go out in masses to look for various kinds of shells ('hoy'), octopus ('waai') and small fish. My mother in law said the other that it was the first time in her life that she could just pick up small fish from the beach near Plai Laem that were caught out by the low water. This made for some good deep fried fish for our son!

Here's another picture of Nathon with the pier and an incoming ferry in the background. You could almost organise soccer games on these vast amounts of space!

Camille