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6 miles from Patong Bay
Two rocky headlands frame the beautiful bay at Laem Sing. It used to be the favourite spot for paradise seekers and ageing hippies who preferred the short longtail or tuk-tuk ride from Patong to the gruelling bus to Krabi.
Anchor in 3-12 metres on a sandy bottom. There were no umbrellas or food vendors on this beach after Covid, but it looks as though a few may have returned.
The 300-metre steep climb from the main road has been closed by investors in the land, so the only access now is by speedboat from Surin or a long tricky walk around the headland. This beach seems to have returned to what it was 40 years ago.
Around the headland to the north is Surin Bay. One of the island’s only zoned public beaches and park. This beach is officially a heritage beach, in honour of HM the late King Bhumipol. As such, there shouldn’t now be any restaurants, beach clubs, toilet amenities or facilities of any kind. However, entrepreneurial vendors have opened pop-up restaurants in the car park and behind the beach – and have ‘created’ access to toilets in the decaying sports stadium. At the time of writing this update, the authorities had closed everything down again – for how long who knows…
Surin beach is well-worth a visit now the wall-to-wall sunbeds have gone. Anchor in 5-8 metres anywhere off the beach outside any swim lines that may still exist.
