Lots of green seaweed washed up on Patong Beach

Patong Municipality public works staff have been clean up piles of green seaweed on Patong Beach today.

This morning there was a line of green seaweed along 500 metres along the popular beach.

Arnon Poomduang, a jet-ski operator says, “This is a normal and happens every year around this time. This year it is more than in the past years. There is lots of seaweed in the sea and is being washed up onto the beach. But many tourists are still enjoying the beach.”

Patong Mayor Chalermluck Kebsup says, “This seaweed has been brought up by waves over the past four days. At this stage we believe that this might be happening because of climate change.”

“However this seaweed has now been collected for testing to find other possible causes that may be responsible for bringing it up onto the beach.”