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Anchorage· Koh Kradan· Thailand

Koh Kradan West Bay (Sunset Beach) Anchorage

7° 18.5′ N · 99° 15.0′ E

Ao Chong Lom, Kradan's small palm-fringed west beach, nicknamed Sunset Beach, with a track across the island to the restaurants on the east side.

Practical

Southeast Asia Pilot (12 nm from Koh Lanta lighthouse): reasonably sheltered in the NE season, in 10-12 m on mud. The track behind the beach crosses to the east coast, which the Pilot says has eight restaurants. Wikipedia gives Ao Chong Lom as about 100 m long. Exposed in the SW monsoon.

Best for

Quiet NE-monsoon overnight with sunsets

Season

Nov-Apr