Live Phuket Webcam - Karon Beach
Want to know what the weather is like in Phuket right now? Forecast sites are all very well, but forecasts are little more than an educated guess. On the left side of this blog you can find all kinds of Phuket weather forecasts, and links to satellite pictures, weather radars, wind and wave forecasts, even tide tables and sunrise and sunset times... Combine this with the reports of previous months weather on this blog and you can have a pretty good guess at what the weather is like, or will be like. But what's the weather doing right now? Try the live Phuket webcam - it's located at the Marina Phuket Resort right at the south end of Karon Beach. It normally points down onto the beach or to the north looking along the beach. Sometimes looks more to the west (out to sea).
• Karon Beach Hotel Recommendations
• Karon Beach Info @ Jamie's Phuket Blog
• Marina Phuket Resort Review on Jamie's Phuket
• Karon Beach Hotels - Booking Online @ Agoda.com
• Kata Beach Hotel Reviews on Jamie's Phuket
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So at least now you know what the weather is like at Karon Beach - do note that weather can be very localised in Phuket due to the hilly terrain (hills rise up over 1700 feet in Phuket), so if you see rain in Karon it can easily be sunny in Phuket Town just 15km away. Check the other webcams (see links below) for other areas of Phuket.
Short URL for this page: http://bit.ly/4zN41
• Original Webcam at Marina Phuket Resort
Image for linking (not the current image):
More webcams in Phuket
• Patong Beach Phuket Webcam
• Surin Beach Webcam
• Royal Phuket Marina
• Lotus Lodge Webcams
• More Thailand Web cams
Live Phuket Webcam - Karon Beach | The Phuket Weather Blog
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This Phuket Weather blog entry was first published on January 11, 2008
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I am really enjoying your site. My Husband and I are coming to Karon in March for a holiday from England. Its our first time in Thailand, cant wait
I added your site to my favourits.
It is really very good, I visit it several times a week.
We came already a few times to Thailand and also to Phuket and Khao Lak. This year again we come to Khao Lak at Christmas time. We adore this country and especially the climate and the nice adorable Thai people. We live in Europe and when taking holidays at Christmas we have to fly to Asia to have real good weather.
Go on with your site !!!
Really good site with lots of useful links. Check the Karon beach webcam every day. Today (23rd July) it's raining! Hope the weather is better when we arrive on 4th August.
lets see the beach again
I love the blogs however there are to many clients with the live webcam so i cannot see in 5 days time me, my husband and my 2 children are staying in patong in a hotel called Safari Beach Hotel.
I have you your webcam page at Karon on my favourites bar. Visiting in April. Great site!
Hi Jamie
Your blog is great... have been following it since we booked holiday in Rawai area. We are heading out from Ireland on 5th June and can't wait.
Your blog is really helpfull, 3 days after I will be in thailand. I wish the weather will be nice in phuket and koh samui.
Hi,
Coming to Karon Beach (Hotel Hilton, Lotus Building) in early Feb. Any small stores (Seven Eleven etc) in walking distance where you can get water, wine, beer? Hotel charges too much for such items. Great website.
Hi Peter,
Nearest little shop is the "Green Mart" - come out of Hilton onto the beach road, turn left, walk about 400m past the Thavorn Palm Beach resort - Green Mart on the corner of the street that heads away from the beach - and if you walk up to the end of that road, turn left onto the back road, there is a 7-11, and several small stores, as well as lots of food stalls selling fruit, chicken, drinks, pancakes, Phad Thai sometimes, corn, somtam ...
:)
I am watching your site intently, as I am going to be in Phuket the third week of April and I hear that Phuket is being hit hard with rain and flooding?
Latest weather - go to the home page of this blog - Phuket Weather... if you are coming 3 weeks from now, why worry about what the weather is doing now? Anyway, there was no flooding in Phuket, but there certainly was in some other parts of the country.
Hi Jamie, we are due to leave South Africa for Phuket on Sunday but there is talk our trip might be cancelled due to bad weather. How's things there today?
Today - (March 31st 2011) - partly sunny, hardly any wind, no rain, nice day and forecast is good. No reason to avoid Phuket. No floods, nothing happened here.
Hi Jamie. Love your blog. We're coming Saturday next week to Kata (16th April). Been many times before but only scored one Songkran - we'll be right at the end of it on the 16th - will it still be going? Weather's always a coin toss but hoping we come up heads. Keep up the good work!
Sorry, Songkran in Phuket is only 1 day, 13th April. Weather on Songkran is almost always hot, I mean, it's at that time of year for a reason :)
Some Songkran photos I took in 2009 ....
Songkran at Patong Beach 2009
Songkran on Phuket is at least 4 days of throwing and shooting large quantities of icy water at each other, and by the way, this is not a traditional aspect of Song Kran, and therefore this is not the reason that it is held when the heat reaches unbearable heights.
Water's supposed to be gently poured over each others shoulders and or head in small quantities, and over Buddha sculptures in temples and so on. The current festival's activities therefore have little to do with the real meaning of Song Kran.
Hi Anonymous, sorry you are wrong, Songkran water throwing activities last ONE DAY only in Phuket, has been that way and quite strictly enforced by the police for safety reasons for quite a number of years. What I mean is - no surprise that the water throwing is very popular since it is the hottest time of year.
Of course Songkran is an old traditional festival which is actually meant to mark the traditional near year and change of seasons, and if you go to a temple on the 13th you will see this. A couple of years ago we went to a turtle release ceremony at Mai Khao Beach on April 13th - see Songkran 2007 in Phuket. And my post in 2006 shows us at a local temple as well as some water throwing photos. The traditional aspect is still very much there.
Love reading your blog and people's comments. We arrive in Kata on 11th April in time for Songkran, we had the best time last year so bringing the kids to experience it this year. We have always visited Phuket in Oct/ Nov time but last year in April and the weather was so hot,it was fantastic. Hopefully the same again this year. I give up looking at the weather forcast as you would proberly never go to Phuket going by the forcast! it is never a true picture just visit Jamie's weather blog. See you soon
Tim, Greeting interesting program here will be arriving Karon first week in August how does one 'do' deep sea fishing , is this a good time of year shall the fish if caught be retained to enjoy or use ' catch and release'? may good luck follow and surround your person!
Hi Timothy,
Well, I don't know anything about deep sea fishing, sorry! I believe they mostly do catch and release. I do know you can book fishing trips via the Easy Day Thailand tour agency.
Hi Jamie! I fly to Phuket tonight from Melbourne. Hoping the weather will be kind when I am there. Weather websites suggest it is raining and wet. Is that true?
Thanks :-)
I guess you will find out before you see this reply! It's typical low season weather at the moment, some sun, some cloud, some rain, but nothing to ruin your holiday.
Hi, I am flying over to Phuket on 12 November 2011 and was wondering what the weather is like that time of year. When we first looked at booking it said rainy season is September to October but was wondering if it is still rainy in November.
Do you also know any good tour guides to take us to maya beach and stay the night on Phi Phi Island.
Also what is the nightlife like in Phuket/Patong, will it be busy in November?
Sure you can get rain in November, it's not the driest month of the year, in fact, on average there are 5 months drier than November (being December, January, February, March and April) - BUT what rain comes in November is normally evening thunderstorms, no sustained rainy periods, and by November the wind has switched to the east so all the beaches are calm.
Patong is always busy!
Tours - ask Easy Day Thailand :)
Thanks for the feedback.
Are there any special festivals, moon partys, markets, entertainment that will be taking place between 12 Nov - 25 Nov. We will be hiring motorbikes so can travel outside the area of karon beach but not sure where to begin really.
Hi there,
I am planning to come to Khao Lak at the end of October can you please let me know on average what is the weather like. Would I be better to come at the end of April?
Cheers Lynn
End of October is the end of the low season, but weather is normally quite settled, winds probably already blowing from the northeast. End of April - end of high season, and can be either really hot or hot and wet.. or if you are unlucky, low season southwest winds can start a bit early. Really between the two I think I would choose end of October.
Enjoying phuket. weather is not great. heavy rainfall at this moment. some thunder storms expected..but this will not dampen our honeymoon
Gordon and Maaike
love the fact that there's such a site! flying in tomorrow! can't wait for sun and fun! how's the weather looking atm?
Loving the fact that you are looking at a live webcam and asking what the weather is like... it's a LIVE webcam ...
Hi Jamie,
I have been looking at your webcam images for the last few days because I am coming to Thailand for three weeks. Have been Kata before and enjoyed the experience. Has the weather been wetter than normal for this time of year.Deepee
Weather the last few days is hot and sunny here in Phuket. There was some rain on January 1st/2nd, but not much. January is normally pretty dry.
hi there,
we were in karon from beginig of the february and we stayed 2 weeks.i think i ve clicked this webpage more than 40 times within 2 weeks just too see karon beach s sunrise in live..and now, damn i l do anything to be there right now..see you phuket in january 2013 :/
Jamie, thanks, good live site for weather checks! We'll be in Phuket in May, staying variously, from Bali (that's on the other latitude 8). Enjoy your main blog too and follow you on Twitter from @scratchings.
Cheers
Richard L
http://8degreesoflatitude.wordpress.com