Lamai Beach

Lamai is Koh Samui's second-largest beach area, on the southeast coast about 15-20 minutes south of Chaweng. The beach is a long crescent of light sand; sources give its length as 3, 4 or 5 kilometres (most say around 4 km), and conditions vary along it: the central bay has the best swimming with a sandy bottom, the northern end is shallower and quieter with almost no facilities for a couple of kilometres, and the southern end drops off more steeply and becomes rocky near the famous Hin Ta Hin Yai (Grandfather and Grandmother Rocks). The sea here is a little more open than Chaweng, so in unsettled weather there can be a shore break - fun for playing in waves but watch children.