Beaches and coves of Pattaya & Chonburi

Ao Dong Tan is a curving beach on Sattahip Bay that stretches from the edge of Sattahip town into the Royal Thai Navy fleet base.

Bamboo Beach is a narrow strip of sand on the Pattaya Bay side of the headland between Wong Amat and the Sanctuary of Truth, just north of Wong Amat and separated from it by a small rocky point.

Ban Amphur Beach lies on the southern Na Jomtien coast in Sattahip district, a few kilometres south of Na Jomtien Beach.

Bang Saen is a long, palm-shaded sandy beach in Chonburi, about 108 km from Bangkok, and has drawn Thai day-trippers since the 1940s.

Bang Saray Beach is a long, gently curving and fairly quiet sandy shore in Sattahip district, south of Na Jomtien, running north-east from the old fishing village of Bang Saray.

Cosy Beach is a small sandy beach on the western side of Pratumnak Hill, the headland between Pattaya Beach and Jomtien.

Dongtan Beach runs north from where Thappraya Road meets the Jomtien seafront, towards Pattaya Park at the foot of Pratumnak Hill.

Jomtien Beach stretches for roughly six kilometres south of Pratumnak Hill, which separates it from central Pattaya.

Koh Kham is a small H-shaped island west of Koh Samae San in Sattahip, managed by the Royal Thai Navy as an underwater park.

Koh Sak is a small horseshoe-shaped island about 600 m north of Koh Larn, once the retreat of a prominent family.

Na Jomtien Beach is the sandy shore that continues south from Jomtien into Sattahip district, beyond the end of Jomtien's beach road.

Nual Beach, also called Monkey Beach, is a south-facing beach of white sand and clear water at the southern tip of Koh Larn.

Pattaya Beach is the city’s main beach, curving about three kilometres around the bay from North Pattaya to the start of Walking Street in the south.

Sai Kaew Beach lies within a Royal Thai Navy area near the Naval Ratings School in Sattahip, and military control has kept it comparatively undisturbed.

Samae is a sandy beach of just over 500 m on the south-west side of Koh Larn, known for its sunsets over the Gulf of Thailand.

Sangwan is a very small cove, about 150 m long, right beside Tawaen Beach on Koh Larn’s north-west side.

Tawaen is the main and busiest beach on Koh Larn, on the island’s north-west side about 7 km off Pattaya.

Ta Yai Beach is a small cove at the northern tip of Koh Larn, with about 100 m of clean white sand framed by large boulders at both ends.

Tham Phang Beach, also known as Ao Asdang, is a wide stretch of fine sand on the west coast of Koh Sichang and the island’s main beach.

Tha Wang Beach is a small east-facing cove on Koh Sichang, set directly in front of Phra Chudadhuj Palace, the summer residence built in the reign of King Rama V.

Tien is a west-facing beach of around 450 m on Koh Larn’s west coast, between Samae and Tawaen.

Tong Lang is a small beach north of Tawaen on Koh Larn, a little under 200 m long, with a strip of sand narrower than on the island’s other beaches.

Wong Amat Beach curves about a kilometre along the Naklua shore at the northern end of Pattaya Bay.

Wonnapha Beach, also called Lower Bang Saen, is the southern end of the Bang Saen shoreline in Chonburi.