Just got a call from a friend on Tao, and the Navy is pulling people off from there as well. I'm in Koh Phra Thong right now (off the coast of Kurahuri, N of Khao Sok), and it hasn't stopped raining since Monday. The previous week it was typical early monsoon weather (Wed until Sunday), where we'd get half day of sun, and evening it poured. Staring on Monday it's been non-stop, but we don't have the wind that they have on the Gulf, so the damage has been minimal.
Until today. It finally broke. Rain stopped for two hours, but the wind... the wind. I see nothing but whitecaps out there right now. While the rain is lighter, the sea looks AWFUL. Our bay, where the dive boat would leave from (if we were crazy enough to try) is dark brown and even breaking numerous times in fast succession. The frequency seems really fast, and on the other beach (the ocean side/West beach), the surface seems to be moving at an ever faster clip south. Which is odd. Because the beach is East. The waves are traveling almost parallel to the shore.
Freaky weather... I agree. Early monsoon... maybe not, but unless it stops soon, I feel the season is coming to an end one way or another.
Good luck to anyone on the gulf side. I hope you're safe. For those of us Westies, I hope it doesn't get worse.
Until today. It finally broke. Rain stopped for two hours, but the wind... the wind. I see nothing but whitecaps out there right now. While the rain is lighter, the sea looks AWFUL. Our bay, where the dive boat would leave from (if we were crazy enough to try) is dark brown and even breaking numerous times in fast succession. The frequency seems really fast, and on the other beach (the ocean side/West beach), the surface seems to be moving at an ever faster clip south. Which is odd. Because the beach is East. The waves are traveling almost parallel to the shore.
Freaky weather... I agree. Early monsoon... maybe not, but unless it stops soon, I feel the season is coming to an end one way or another.
Good luck to anyone on the gulf side. I hope you're safe. For those of us Westies, I hope it doesn't get worse.