Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 14th December, 2010

Today's weather;

Samui is going to be nice and sunny with a great blue sky shaping up! Current temp at 7am is 24.4C with a forecast that looks very similar for the next 7 days.

Yesterday saw plenty of sunshine but it's not too hot, very agreeable weather indeed. Max temp reached 29.3C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 13th December, 2010

Today's weather;

Better late than not at all! It was nice today, sunny on Koh Samui although there are some repairs on the road going due to the recent water problems and some dangerous looking side roads are missing that turned into holes, directly next to the road. Certain parts of the ring road are having some water run off from the mountains but nothing really serious.

It took me however all day to get back online again and that didn't happen until just an hour or so ago. Current temp at 7pm for a change is 26.8C

Yesterday was a fast drive from Phuket to Donsak, in order to catch the 7pm ferry, the last one of the day. I couldn't leave Phuket until just before 3pm and just about made it for the last ferry, happy happy to be with the family again! The PADI IE in Phuket is also completed so now it's soon off to Dubai for a short holiday! Max temp yesterday reached 31.4C although there was some rain twice around Surat Thani and in Nathon when I drove off the ferry.

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 12th December, 2010

Today's weather;

Samui is nice and sunny! The good weather times seem to be back. Current temp at 7am is 24.3C

Phuket is partly cloudy with some sunshine but a fairly strong wind and a bunch of rain is fore casted! Current temp at 7am is 25.5C

Yesterday saw a sunny in Samui although there was rain during the night time. Max temp reached 29.3C. Today I start making my way back to Samui and I hope to be able to catch the last ferry tonight.

Phuket had not much of a nice morning with plenty of rain and the Kings Regatta last day had to be cancelled because some boats had run in some problems and at least one was beached. During the afternoon the weather turned for the better however. Max temp reached 30.7C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 11th December, 2010u

Today's weather;

Samui is ready for some serious sunshine. This morning and also all of next week looks great in the forecasts. Hardly any clouds, no rain but plenty of sunshine. Current temp at 7am is 24.5C

Phuket looks grey and windy and it wouldn't surprise if it will rain later today. Current temp at 7am is 24.7C

Yesterday saw a lovely day on Samui, no rain and sunshine. Max temp reached 28.4C

Phuket was nice all day, some clouds and enough sun to make it an agreeable day. There was some rain during the night though. Max temp reached 30.7C

Yesterday evening I finished uploading a third trip report on my dive blog about a dive I did on the 8th December at a location called Hin Daeng and Hin Muang, near Koh lanta, it contains videos about our Manta Ray encounters, here's a preview of one of them, if you like this, have a look at my dive blog;

Camille

Your man in Phuket

Your man in Phuket

May I present you; Jamie Monk, fellow weather blogger (of those there are only two as far as I know in Thailand, Jamie and me), fellow diver (he owns and runs Sunrise divers in Karon) and he's been the same amount of years in Thailand as me, he may have arrived a few days before me, we are both married to a Thai woman (a different one!) and we both have two kids in the same age bracket.

Right now I am in Phuket for a PADI IE and it turns out that the location is more or less directly next to Jamie's dive center. Having missed each other during a few earlier visits to Phuket, this was the right time to visit him and have a nice cold one.

It was good meeting him at last, eye to eye and the picture above sees us happily shaking hands on the unexpected occasion.

If you're interested in finding out about the Real Phuket and not just about Patong and it's nightlife, Jamie's Phuket blog is the right place to find this sort of information. For all news about Phuket's weather all year round, Jamie's Phuket weather blog is the 'sister' blog to my Samui info and weather blog.

Looking forward to a few more cold ones together, Jamie!

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 10th December, 2010

Today's weather;

Samui looks nice, sunshine should be in the making despite some clouds right now. The forecast for the rest of the weekend and next week is splendid! Current temp at 7am is 24.7C

Phuket is partly cloudy but over the ocean blue skies are shaping up. Current temp at 7am is 24.5C

Yesterday saw a nice day with sunshine in Samui. It was about time! Max temp reached 28.5C

My drive from Koh Lanta to Phuket was nice with plenty of sunshine, there was some hard rain around 10pm though. Max temp in Phuket reached around 30C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 9th December, 2010

Today's weather;

Samui is on the up again, it's dry! The forecast also predicts dry weather for the next 7 days. Today is still partly cloudy but the improvement is that it doesn't rain anymore. Current temp at 7am is 23.6C

Yesterday morning at Lanta's Baan Kantiang's beach

Koh Lanta is partly clouded today and dry as well. Current temp at 7am is 25.5C

Manta Ray

Yesterdays dives at Hin Daeng and Hin Muang were absolute top class with Manta Ray's during all dives and they hung out during the whole dive! Read my dive blog update for more info and pictures.

Koh Samui still had rain and a power cut yesterday but it was no hard rain anymore. Towards the afternoon it also stopped raining. Max temp reached 27.8C and only 17mm of rain came down.

Koh Lanta had a fantastic day and so did I! From the very start it was sunny and remained that way all day long. The sunset on the way back home on the dive boat was beautiful, as you can see in the above picture. Max temp reached 31C

Today I'm on my way to Phuket were my IDC candidates will start a PADI IE tomorrow.

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 8th December, 2010

Today's weather;

Samui is dry, for a change. It looks like the next couple of days are staying dry as well, which will be a relieve to all islanders and visitors! Current temp at 7am is 27C

On Koh Lanta the sun is ruling, a nice, mainly blue sky is welcoming us this morning with a current temp at 7am of 25C

Yesterday saw almost all day long and into the evening, rain on Samui! There were also a few short power cuts, but nothing major. During the last two days too much water came down and scenes like early November were common in parts around the island, specifically in Lamai. Samui made it also onto Thai news TV channels, for all the wrong rainy reasons! There were landslides yesterday, apparently around Lamai. Max temp reached 25.7C with another 130mm of rain!

Koh Lanta was fairly dry, besides a drizzle or two. Max temp reached 29.2C

The current IDC has been completed and today we're all off to Hin Daeng and Hin Muang, a dive site that regularly sees Manta Rays, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 7th December, 2010

Today's weather;

It's very wet on Samui, right now there's a lull in-between showers but more rain is expected during the day. Current temp at 7am is 24.7C

On Koh Lanta it's dry but cloudy right now and the roads are still wet from last nights rain. Current temp at 7am is 24.5C

Yesterday saw pretty much non stop rain on Samui, varying from hard to just a bit and it was rather stormy at moments during the night with power cuts around the area of our house. Max temp reached 25.2C with about 73mm of rain during all day.

Koh Lanta stayed dry yesterday until 5.30pm and it kept raining on and off all night long. Max temp reached 29.2C with just 30mm of rain.

The overcast and rain is only in the Southern part of Thailand, Bangkok has lovely weather and no rain at all since almost a month!

Camille

Hotel bookings throughout Thailand

Hotel bookings throughout Thailand

When you come to visit Koh Samui, my Samui Hotel recommendation blog may come in handy to get good advice on my knowledge of the specific resorts around his island. Very recently I had a blog post about this Samui hotel recommendation blog and it received a good amount of views.

Most likely, when you visit Samui, you will be staying somewhere else in Thailand as well, not only on Koh Samui. For this purpose I also have my Thailand hotel recommendation blog, in which I report first hand from hotels that I stayed at during my travels or places that I know of. Especially recently, when I started to conduct IDC's around Thailand, I find out about some great resorts.

My list of hotels in Koh Phangan, Koh Lanta and Kao Lak is growing because of this.

Hotels Combined, an excellent search tool for finding hotels around Thailand!

My reviews are personnel and honest, a very good way of finding out about a lot of small things that the websites and booking sites don't comment on or are not mentioned.

Have a look and browse around and maybe you find just that information that makes it worthwhile booking through my blog(s).

Camille