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Anchorage· Koh Phangan· Thailand

Haad Rin Nok Anchorage

9° 40.6′ N · 100° 4.4′ E

Sunrise Beach, the east-facing crescent at Phangan's southern tip and home of the Full Moon Party: bars and bungalows shoulder to shoulder along the sand.

Phuket & Phang Nga BayKoh Lanta to Koh LipeKoh Samui & the Gulf of Thailand

Practical

Southeast Asia Pilot waypoint 09°40.551N 100°04.440E (anchorage B), about 5 nm from Haad Rin Nai. Anchor at the northern end of the beach in about 6 m, sand. East-facing: tenable in the SW monsoon and calm weather; exposed to the NE monsoon. Many restaurants and bungalows ashore. Expect loud music most nights and extreme crowds, broken glass and drunken jet-ski and longtail traffic around full moon; most crews anchor elsewhere and come by taxi on party night.

Best for

Front-row seat for the Full Moon Party (if you can stand the noise)

Season

SW monsoon and settled weather; exposed to NE

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