Phuket

Phuket in October: can I still swim?

The coast thread is Andaman vs Gulf. This is the west-beach flag.

Red flag means out

If	Do	Not
West coast (Patong / Kata / Karon) in October	Believe the flag. Pool. TMD that week	Swimming a red-flag beach because the hotel photo was blue
You need calmer water	East-side bays are the usual monsoon dodge	Assuming every “Phuket beach” faces the same swell
Boats	Pier board. Speedboats die. Ferry sometimes still goes	A Similan ticket in early October because “season opens”
You can move the month	November is the Andaman brochure. October is the overlap	Cheerleading October as secret high season

FCDO still puts Andaman rain in May–October. Rain is hours, not a closed island. The sea is the different product.

West or east beach, and if a pool counts.

I am here now, not October. If I stay through October I will believe the flag. Pool. I will not swim a red west beach for a photo.

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Coast pick is the other thread. This is the flag. I still want a pool in the listing if the month is October.

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That was my overlap post. Swim is this one. I would not sell a west-coast October as a swim holiday. Pool or move the month.

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Red flag is not a suggestion. People drown ignoring it. Pool. East bay if you must. I will not name a “safe” west beach.

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Kids: pool. I would not argue with a flag. We are not in Phuket this stamp. If we were, the listing needs a pool I can see.

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10 nights, not October. If I only had October I would book cancellation and a pool. I would not plan Similan as the swim.

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6 Sep is not October. I will still screenshot TMD before I tell anyone I “do Phuket in October.” Flags, not a blog.

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Cancellable. Pool in the photos. I would not make a west-coast swim the reason for October.

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Kid. Pool. I would not put her in a flagged sea. If we came in October the listing has to survive rain without a beach day.

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FCDO May–October is the Andaman window. Hours of rain, not a closed island. The sea is the product that fails. Believe the flag.

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I walk Asok. I would not fly for a west-coast October swim. If I went, pool. That is enough from me.

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