Phuket marine weather & tides

The arrow shows where the wind blows to. 13 kt is a moderate breeze. This is a wind strength guide only - not a go/no-go for going out; the captain decides before every departure.

Rain is the total for the day (Today: remaining hours only). The blue bar compares days - longer bar, more rain: The words (No rain, Light under 2 mm, Moderate 2-10 mm, Heavy over 10 mm per day) are a simple reading aid on this page for daily totals - not an official rainfall-intensity scale. ≈ marks a total estimated from 6-hour forecast periods spanning midnight.

Sky comes from the model's 1-hour and 6-hour forecast periods: a wet symbol means rain can occur at some point during the day - it can share the day with dry spells, and the symbol alone does not say for how long. A * marks a partial day (not all 24 hours covered; Today shows the remaining hours only).

Tide station: Ban Chalong (Chalong Bay). Times in Phuket local time. Predictions for planning only - not for navigation, and not valid for other ports such as Ao Po. Source: thetidechart.com

Monthly wind averages from long-term observations - useful to choose a season, not to plan a day. Phuket's year has a wet season with mainly westerly winds (southwest monsoon, roughly mid-May to mid-October) and a drier season with mainly easterly winds (northeast monsoon, mid-October to mid-February); the weeks between them vary from year to year (source: Thai Meteorological Department). Statistics below measured at Phuket airport by Windfinder.

Forecast confidence decreases as the date gets further away. Forecasts come from regional model points (near Chalong, in Phang Nga Bay, at Phi Phi); regional models do not capture local effects between islands and conditions can differ between nearby anchorages. Wind shown is the strongest steady wind expected that day; gusts can be higher. The captain checks actual conditions before every departure. Historical wind averages for Phuket are published by Windfinder (observations, not forecasts).