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17 miles from Patong Bay
Look for anchorage at Mai Khao Beach 100 metres offshore. Aim to be one mile or more south of the bar marking the entrance to the channel between Phuket and the mainland. The sand bars around the channel entrance are constantly shifting. We do not recommend entry in a keeled vessel; we advised not to attemp entry without local knowledge even in a shoal-draft boat.
Although anchorage is possible anywhere along this beach, do not anchor within half a mile of the airport runway, which is clearly visible from seaward.
The beach is steep, and the sand coarser than that on other west coast beaches. The road runs close to the beach in the north; near the restaurants you can hail local buses heading to the bridge or main highway.
As part of the government drive to ‘beautify’ Phuket’s beaches, this beach has lost almost all the ‘coconut’ seafood restaurants which used to nestle under the casuarina trees at the back of the beach. Once a favourite with locals for lunch it’s now almost deserted.
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