Jellyfish at Khao Lak Beach (Sunset Beach) Beach in January

January at Khao Lak Beach (Sunset Beach) Beach is usually a calm month. The prevailing north-east wind of about 1.9 m/s is blowing offshore; mean waves 0.24 m, water 29 °C. Based on 2022–2026 weather the model rates about 0% of days in this month as high risk. Official DMCR jellyfish warnings in January: 0.

Typical risk this monthLow
  • Low 93%
  • Moderate 7%
  • High 0%
  • Very high 0%

How the days of this month split by risk level (2022–2026 weather). A typical day is low; 0% of days are high or very high.

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Weather and sea in January

Wind1.9 m/s, north-east
Onshore wind-0.8 m/s
Waves0.24 m
Water29 °C
Rain72 mm · 14.8 days

Official cases nearby in January

No official warnings nearby in this month.

Nearby beaches this month

Jellyfish found here

This is the dry-season jellyfish period: large rhizostome jellyfish, lilac medusae and stinging plankton. Bluebottles are rare on the Andaman coast at this time.

Khao Lak Beach (Sunset Beach): jellyfish month by month

  1. January: Usually low risk. High risk on 0% of days. Onshore wind on 17% of days. Official warnings: 0. Eyewitness reports: 7.
  2. February: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 0% of days. Onshore wind on 28% of days. Official warnings: 0. Eyewitness reports: 2.
  3. March: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 14% of days. Onshore wind on 41% of days. Official warnings: 0. Eyewitness reports: 4.
  4. April: Usually high risk. High risk on 61% of days. Onshore wind on 63% of days. Official warnings: 0. Eyewitness reports: 11.
  5. May: Usually high risk. High risk on 53% of days. Onshore wind on 67% of days. Official warnings: 0. Eyewitness reports: 9.
  6. June: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 7% of days. Onshore wind on 94% of days. Official warnings: 0. Eyewitness reports: 4.
  7. July: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 0% of days. Onshore wind on 96% of days. Official warnings: 0. Eyewitness reports: 2.
  8. August: Usually low risk. High risk on 0% of days. Onshore wind on 97% of days. Official warnings: 0.
  9. September: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 2% of days. Onshore wind on 94% of days. Official warnings: 0. Eyewitness reports: 7.
  10. October: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 0% of days. Onshore wind on 54% of days. Official warnings: 0. Eyewitness reports: 5.
  11. November: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 0% of days. Onshore wind on 22% of days. Official warnings: 0. Eyewitness reports: 3.
  12. December: Usually low risk. High risk on 0% of days. Onshore wind on 5% of days. Official warnings: 0. Eyewitness reports: 3.
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  • Moderate
  • High
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Colour shows the typical risk level that month; the number is the share of high-risk days. Warnings and sightings are in each month’s tooltip.

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Questions and answers

Are there jellyfish at Khao Lak Beach (Sunset Beach) Beach in January?

January at Khao Lak Beach (Sunset Beach) Beach is usually a calm month. The prevailing north-east wind of about 1.9 m/s is blowing offshore; mean waves 0.24 m, water 29 °C. Based on 2022–2026 weather the model rates about 0% of days in this month as high risk. Official DMCR jellyfish warnings in January: 0.

What to do if a jellyfish stings you in Thailand?

Get out of the water. Call 1669 for trouble breathing, chest pain or collapse. Do not rub the sting and do not rinse it with fresh water. If a box jellyfish is possible, pour vinegar over the sting for at least 30 seconds.