Chao Lao Beach
Tha Mai District, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand
- No lifeguards listed
Today at a glance
Best: 2 pm to sunset, sunset 5:49 pm7.4
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
7.2
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.3
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.4
4 km/h2 mph wind, Great
7.0
2 km/h1 mph wind, Great
7.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
7.3
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
6.9
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
6.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
6.2
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
6.5
4 km/h2 mph wind, Good
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 2 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 30°C86°F
- Water
- 31°C88°F
- Wind
- 117 km/hmph SW
- Gusts
- 2113 km/hmph
- Waves
- <0.1 m<1 ft
- UV
- 7 high
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 34%
- Sunset
- 5:49 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 10 pm, 0.9 m3 ft
- Low 6 am, 0.7 m2 ft
- High 1 pm, 1.2 m4 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
About Chao Lao Beach
Chao Lao Beach is a sandy beach located in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand. It is 696 meters long and has an area of 17,927 square meters. OpenStreetMap lists a nearby beach called หาดแหลมเสด็จ, which is 5.874 kilometers away.
Hat Chao Lao (Thai: หาดเจ้าหลาว, pronounced [hàːt t͡ɕâːw laːw]) is a beach in Chanthaburi province, Thailand.
The beach lies on the Gulf of Thailand seacoast in Chanthaburi's Tha Mai district.
Source: Chao Lao Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources
Facilities
- LifeguardNone listed
- Food and drink1 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 760 m0.5 mi
- SurfaceSand
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 7.3 km4.5 miบางกะไชย (village)
- Nearest airport
- 50 km31 miท่าอากาศยานตราด (TDX)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- หาดแหลมเสด็จ5.9 km3.7 mi north-west away7.2 Great
- หาดคุ้งวิมาน9.5 km5.9 mi north-west away6.9 Good
- หาดคุ้งวิมาน12 km7.2 mi north-west away7.1 Great
- อ่าวกระทิง13 km8.2 mi south-east away7.2 Great
- Laem Sing15 km9.2 mi south-east away7.2 Great
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat7.2 GreatBest 9 am to 6 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 55%
- Sun6.6 GoodBest 7 am to 2 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 47%
- Mon7.8 GreatBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 10 km/h6 mph, rain 62%
- Tue9.7 ExcellentBest 7 am to 11 amWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 78%
- Wed9.1 ExcellentBest 7 am to 12 pmWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 59%
- Thu7.8 GreatBest 7 am to 2 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 51%