High Season here we come...

We have been getting quite a lot of emails with questions on the 'low season' in July and whether we operate in 'low season'.

JULY AND AUGUST ARE NOT LOW SEASON ON KOH TAO, but the 2 busiest months of the year and we strongly recommend everyone that has plans to visit to pre book especially in between July 14th until August 31st as many places will be completely booked out. There will not be much accomodation left ....

Thailand has two major coast lines, the West Coast and the East Coast, with two different seasons on either coast.

The weather on the West Coast (Phuket-Krabi-Phi Phi-Similans) is influenced by the Indian Ocean which generates its annual South West Monsoon from May until September.

The East Coast (Koh Tao- Samui- Phangan) depend on weather systems in the South Chinese Sea and we have our annual North East Monsoon from November until January.

It is a general misconception to assume that rain in Phi Phi automatically means rain on the other coast as well, both seasons are different as they are being influcenced by different weather systems.

Koh Tao is lucky to be on the East Coast with already a much shorter rainy season, but also due to the shape of the island we can always find sheltered dive sites and can offer all your round diving.

Many dive operators in the West Coast are seizing there diving for July and August due to the bad weather, every body on Koh Tao operates as normal and the weather is normally fine.

Below overview might help you, but unfortunately weather is not an exact science and is hard to predict but the rain, surface and underwater conditions, waves and winds documented below have been based on many years of experience of dive shop owners here in Thailand.

You can find more info on diving conditions on Koh Tao on this link www.divingkohtaothailand.com/diving_conditions.php

Gulf of Thailand - Koh Tao

Months	Underwater	Surface
Jan-Feb	Fair/Good	Choppy
Mar-Apr	Excellent	Calm
May-Jun	Good	Choppy
Jul-Aug	Excellent	Choppy
Sep-Oct	Excellent	Calm

Nov-Dec

Poor

Rough

Andaman Sea - Similan Islands

Months	Underwater	Surface
Jan-Mar	Excellent	Calm
April	Good/Excellent	Calm/choppy
May-Oct	Poor/Fair	Rough
Nov-Dec	Fair/Good	Choppy

During this period diving the Similans is not possible and the Marine Park is closed.

West Coast- Phi Phi/Krabi/Koh Lanta

Months	Underwater	Surface
Jan-Mar	Excellent	Calm
April-Jun	Good	Choppy
Jul-Oct	Poor	Choppy
Nov-Dec	Good	Calm