Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 12th September, 2011

Today's weather;

Back on Koh Samui which is great but the weather is not that great this morning. A cloudy sky and strong winds prevail. Current temp is 26.7C at 7am.

By tomorrow the weather should be back to 'normal' and the strong winds should have gone away.

A cloudy sky in Plai Laem this morning

Yesterday saw a cloud covered day but not as bad as predicted, yes, there was a strong wind and around 3.30pm there was some rain whilst I was waiting for the ferry to Samui as well but in general it was nicer than I thought it would be. Max temp reached 30.5C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 9th August, 2011

Today's weather;

The sky over Samui is slightly cloudy this morning but there are some blue spots in the sky. Current temp at 7am is 27.3C

Wat Plai Laem at night

Yesterday saw a very hot day around Samui. Max temp reached 35.3C

After having had a fantastic dinner at Orgasmic the other day, last night we went to an old fave, Italian restaurant Il Duomo in Chaweng and it was as good as always!

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 16th July 2011

Today's weather;

Samui is waking up under a partly cloudy sky and hopefully the sun will break through. Current temp at 7am is 25.9C

Thailand is celebrating Wan Khao Pansa today, the Buddhist Lent, the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada practitioners. Taking place during the rainy season.

Today is also the second and last day of the PADI IE for my July IDC candidates on Koh Samui, more on how they fared later on my dive blog.

Part of yesterday's Asarnha Bucha day is to walk barefooted 3 times around the Bot in the temple, Plai Laem's temple was very busy last night

Yesterday saw a few bits and pieces of sunshine but it was mainly cloudy with an occasional few drops of rain around Samui, nothing major though. Max temp reached 32.6C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 15th July, 2011

Today's weather;

This mornings weather over Samui looks promising, although there's a good cloud layer, there are blue spots and hopefully the sun will burn it's way through the cloud layer. Current temp at 7am is 27.2C

Today is Asarnha Bucha Day, one of the most sacred days of Buddhism.

This morning will also see the start of a PADI IE on Samui, check my dive blog for updates!

Asarnha Bucha day at the local temple in Plai Laem

Yesterday saw a nice start of the say over Samui with plenty of cloud cover but also hot and sunny moments. During the early evening, around 6pm, there was an hours long shower and it cooled down nicely. Max temp reached 31.5C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 9th July, 2011

Today's weather;

This morning shows an almost perfect blue sky watching over Koh Samui with a current temp of 26.5C

The sun about to rise over the trees in Plai Laem this morning

Yesterday saw sunshine all day long on Koh Samui and it was a nice and warm day without any rain. Max temp reached 33.5C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 6th July, 2011

Today's weather;

Samui's sky is very dark and grey this morning, as pictured below. It already rained briefly and I wouldn't be surprised if we see more rain today. Current temp at 7am is 26.7C

Cloudy skies over Plai Laem

Yesterday saw a nice and sunny day over Samui with a short tropical rain shower around 4pm but within an hour everything was dry again. Max temp reached 31.3C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 5th July, 2011

Today's weather;

The sky turned grey again over Samui this morning and it may take a bit longer for the sun to burn it's way through the cloud cover today. Current temp at 7am is 26.8C

One of the statues of Wat Plai Laem at the crack of dawn

Samui saw sunshine all day long yesterday and it was a nice day and not a drop of rain all day long. Max temp reached 33C

Camille

Today's weather;

Samui's sky is heavily clouded again this morning and it looks like the sun will have a hard time breaking through. At the moment it's dry though. It's cooled down a bit and current temp at 7am is 24.8C 

Sculpture at Wat Plai Laem

Yesterday saw a cloud covered sky all day long over Samui but it remained dry until around 10pm, when the flood gates opened. Max temp reached 30.2C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 1st July, 2011

Today's weather;

Samui is cloudy this morning and it looks like it might stay this way all day long. Current temp at 7am is 27C

Today 've got a PADI IDC starting on Koh Samui.

Wat Plai Laem some 7 years ago

Yesterday saw almost all day long clouds over Samui but it remained dry until some rain hit the island during the night. Max temp reached 32.7C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 30th June, 2011

Today's weather;

A bit later than usual due to getting used and to and configuring a new notebook, but here we are nonetheless.

Koh Samui has some cloudy skies this morning and it seems there here to stay! Current temp at 7am is 27.8C

Cloudy skies this morning over Plai Laem

Yesterday Samui saw a dry day but with plenty of cloud cover although it was also very hot with a max temp of 33.2C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 1st June, 2011

Today's weather;

Samui's sky is a mix between clouds and blue spots this morning. Current temp at 7am is 26.5C

Some of the mural paintings inside the Wat Plai Laem bot

Yesterday saw a clouded and cool-ish morning on Samui, to be followed by a hot afternoon when the sun broke through. The evening saw rain though and things cooled off very nicely. Max temp reached 33.5C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 20th July, 2011

Today's weather;

Samui's sky is blue this morning and it looks like it's going to be plain hot! Current temp at 7am is 25C

I'm off to a few bits of the current IDC and a beach clean up at Chaweng Beach!

A miniature Big Buddha at Wat Plai Laem

Yesterday saw plenty of overcast on Samui with enough sunshine thrown in! However, at some moments it looked like the rain dams could burst, but it didn't happen where I was on the island.

Max temp reached 32.6C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 19th May, 2011

Today's weather;

A very light and thin cloud layer is covering this mornings sky over Samui. Current temp at 7am is 27C

The current IDC on Samui is in full swing, stay tuned for more updates. Tomorrow a Reef Clean up on Chaweng Beach will be conducted.

Samui Boat Lagoon in Plai Laem where I visited yesterday

Yesterday saw overcast on Samui but no rain, so it didn't get too hot! Max temp reached 31.9C

Camille

Samui Boat Lagoon Villa's in Plai Laem

Samui Boat Lagoon Villa's in Plai Laem

During the recent flooding on Samui during late March and early April this year, one of the persons that contacted me was Joakim and as it turned out, his family owned a Villa Resort near to where I live in Plai Laem. After a few emails to and fro I was invited by Joakim to visit the Samui Boat Lagoon Villa premises and today he was on the island and I had time to visit!

The general pool to be used by all guests, one of the biggest pools on Samui!

The complex houses 26 villas, split up in one bed room, 2 bedroom and 4 bedroom villas with an additional three beach side 3 bedroom villas! Plenty of choice and each villa has it's own pool, kitchen and living area besides the air conditioned bedrooms.

The reception

There's no restaurant on the premises, a choice well thought out and it makes no real difference since there are plenty of options available near the Resort area, including the Fishermans Village that's just a 10 minute drive away, besides the options that Bang Rak and Choengmon offer! Breakfast is offered at a small surcharge, with room service.

A view of the 3 bedroom beach villa

Since there are only villas and a general, very big swimming pool, the place has an intimate feel to it and once you're in your room, with a private pool, there's not much need to leave your room again!

2 Bedroom living area and kitchen

The one bedroom villas have 160 sqm to offer, the 2 bedroom villas 240 sqm and the 4 bedroom villas 500 sqm. Very spacious and at amazing rates!

Bathroom

I was especially impressed with the spacious bathrooms and the architecture of the villas, with all the amenities which you would expect at a modern resort.

With a great quiet location in Plai Laem, near the airport , Wat Plai Laem, plenty of restaurants within 10 to minutes rides and great offers available at the booking engines, some villas are currently cheaper than hotel rooms in other parts of the island, it's well worth to check out and consider staying here.

Booking by Agoda

Booking by Hotels Combined

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 18th May, 2011

Today's weather;

Samui is going to be hot again today, a blue sky with some fluffy clouds is ours this morning. Current temp at 7am is 27.7C

This morning's sky at Plai Laem

Yesterday Samui was seriously hot although the max temp doesn't exceed 31.5C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 9th May, 2011

Today's weather;

Once more Samui's sky is covered by a light cloud cover with blue spots in it. For the next 3 days it looks very similar before it starts to become more sunny again. Current temp at 7am is 27C

This morning's sky at Plai Laem

Yesterday saw mostly clouded skies over Samui with a very occasional shower and some more rain last night, nothing too serious though. It was still warm but not so warm that it knocks you out like during the first week of this month. Max temp reached nonetheless 32.7C

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 1st April, 2011

Today's weather;

Things are definitely on the up, Samui woke up under sunshine this morning! Motorbikes are moving around again in front of our house in Plai Laem on a road that had unprecedented levels of water on it. The current temp at 7am is 24.7C

Most roads around Koh Samui are fine again, some have a few puddles on it and some are still flooded, overall though, things are improving and especially having a forecast with 7 days of more or less sunshine will definitely improve things around all three Gulf islands.

Yesterday saw some bits of rain but just 8mm over the last 24 hrs. Max temp reached 25.5C

Wading and swimming in the water near Donsak

For all people contacting me, last night I answered emails and messages on my blog for over 5 hours, from 18.30 onwards last night. A lot of the questions are very repetitious and I must first of all thank you all for showing support, especially David and Peter for their generous donation and Robert as well.

-However, please keep in mind that I do NOT have lists of individual hotels and their current state. If I stumble over one or hear about one I will post it here on my blog.

-If you're planning to visit Koh Samui within a week or so, expect a damaged island with a lot of clean up and repair work going on. I'm sure that hotels that aren't affected will do their uttermost best to accommodate you but Samui won't be at it's prettiest!

-If you're planning to visit Samui around mid April, I would expect a lot of damage and debris been taken care of and your visit should be fine.

-Anybody planning on visiting towards the end of April or early May or even later, don't worry. Do not reschedule for November, that's usually Samui's rainy season!

-The weather forecast for the next 7 days is good, with plenty of sunshine, no wind and just a few occasional drops of rain. I can only hope that the weather will be as it usually is during April and that's HOT!

-Due to the overwhelming amount of mails and messages, I won't be able to answer each individual mail or message anymore at the rate they're coming in, please accept my apologies for that but please read the above, it should answer 99% of all questions! Questions out of the ordinary I will definitely answer.

-As before, please support my blog with either donations, hitting the beer allowance buttons or keep booking your future hotel stays on Samui and around Thailand on my Samui hotel recommendation blog or Thailand hotel recommendation blog. Please bookmark them.

-For information about Koh Tao, check out Ayesha's blog on Koh Tao, she claims that all is fine on Koh Tao and they never had food or drinking water shortages and should be up for diving and business as usual later today!

For Koh Phangan updates check out the 'My Jungle life' blog for updates.

For Phuket updates, check out Jamie's Phuket weather blog.

In the meantime, Koh Lanta woke up to a lightly cloudy sky and it looks like more sunshine may be ours later today and yesterday saw actually bits and pieces of sunshine with a few rare drops of rain, the dive boats went out yesterday! Current temp at 7am is 24C and max temp reached 28.2C yesterday.

The biggest concern right now is still the province of Nakhon Si Thammarat and all of a sudden the province of Krabi with it's landslides.

So far 13 people have been confirmed to have died as a result of the recent weather in Southern Thailand.

Especially the Ban Ton Harn Ville in Khao Phanom district has been hit hard. Luckily there has also been a feel good story, at least partially!

I'm looking forward to a speedy recovery for Koh Samui and all affected areas and that rebuilding may lead to a good job done and will prevent unnecessary and avoidable flood situations.

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 20th March, 2011

Today's weather;

It's back to blue skies and sunshine again over Koh Samui, todays morning sky is beaming in it's own blueness. Current temp at 7am is 25.2C

Be aware though that the unusual weather pattern for this time of the year is about to continue the prediction for the 24th still doesn't look good at all and currently a minimum of 3 days of lots of rain are predicted.

This morning in Plai Laem, sunshine at it's best!

Yesterday saw the sun creeping out again from it's hiding place behind the clouds and Samui enjoyed a nice and dry day. Max temp reached 29.2C

Camille

Some Samui pictures from 7 years ago

Some Samui pictures from 7 years ago

To be precise, these pictures were taken on 04-04-04, almost 7 to the date 7 years ago!

A lot has changed in the meantime and especially for folks living on Samui this long it may or will be a trip down memory lane, for the newer visitors, it hopefully shows some of the charm that Samui had and still has although you gotta look harder for it.

Soi Green mango during the daytime, recognize any bars? On the right side is now Henry's Africa

The road from the airport to Plai Laem market, on the left is now the Bangkok Air catering building

The T-crossing at Chaweng lake.

The same crossing looking direction ring road

With a 7-11 behind my right shoulder, my back is to the short cut to Chaweng or the road to the departures at Samui airport, the road you're looking at leads to the arrivals area

Hope you enjoyed these pictures, I've got plenty more of these older pictures and they are fun to look at!

Camille

Koh Samui, Thailand daily weather update; 18th March, 2011

Today's weather,

Samui woke up under a heavy cloud layer and is preparing for some more rain today. Current temp at 7am is 25.5C

Clouds over Plai Laem yesterday

Yesterday saw a relatively nice morning with some sunshine but after noon Samui saw big dark clouds move in and it rained on and off which caused various flash floods around the island. Last night it rained a swell. Max temp reached 29.3C

Camille