Jellyfish at Ao La / Ao Thue (Koh Racha Yai) Beach in March

March at Ao La / Ao Thue (Koh Racha Yai) Beach is a month of moderate risk. The prevailing north-east wind of about 4.5 m/s is blowing offshore; mean waves 0.43 m, water 29.8 °C. Based on 2022–2026 weather the model rates about 5% of days in this month as high risk. Official DMCR jellyfish warnings in March: 1.

Typical risk this monthModerate
  • Low 0%
  • Moderate 95%
  • High 5%
  • Very high 0%

How the days of this month split by risk level (2022–2026 weather). A typical day is moderate; 5% of days are high or very high.

5-day outlook at Ao La / Ao Thue (Koh Racha Yai) Beach →

Weather and sea in March

Wind4.5 m/s, north-east
Onshore wind-1.7 m/s
Waves0.43 m
Water29.8 °C
Rain76 mm · 12.2 days

Official cases nearby in March

  1. DMCR
    Patok Bay (Koh Racha Yai) · อ่าวสยาม เกาะราชาใหญ่ จ.ภูเก็ต
    other

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.

Ao La / Ao Thue (Koh Racha Yai): jellyfish month by month

  1. January: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 18% of days. Onshore wind on 5% of days. Official warnings: 0.
  2. February: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 31% of days. Onshore wind on 13% of days. Official warnings: 0.
  3. March: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 5% of days. Onshore wind on 19% of days. Official warnings: 1.
  4. April: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 10% of days. Onshore wind on 64% of days. Official warnings: 0.
  5. May: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 42% of days. Onshore wind on 72% of days. Official warnings: 1.
  6. June: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 30% of days. Onshore wind on 94% of days. Official warnings: 1. Eyewitness reports: 13.
  7. July: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 22% of days. Onshore wind on 95% of days. Official warnings: 0.
  8. August: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 26% of days. Onshore wind on 97% of days. Official warnings: 0.
  9. September: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 10% of days. Onshore wind on 95% of days. Official warnings: 1.
  10. October: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 5% of days. Onshore wind on 79% of days. Official warnings: 0.
  11. November: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 2% of days. Onshore wind on 28% of days. Official warnings: 0.
  12. December: Usually moderate risk. High risk on 15% of days. Onshore wind on 6% of days. Official warnings: 0.
  • Low
  • Moderate
  • High
  • Very high

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.

Jellyfish in Phuket in March →

Questions and answers

Are there jellyfish at Ao La / Ao Thue (Koh Racha Yai) Beach in March?

March at Ao La / Ao Thue (Koh Racha Yai) Beach is a month of moderate risk. The prevailing north-east wind of about 4.5 m/s is blowing offshore; mean waves 0.43 m, water 29.8 °C. Based on 2022–2026 weather the model rates about 5% of days in this month as high risk. Official DMCR jellyfish warnings in March: 1.

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.