Lost Beach Bar, Chaweng Live Cam

Chaweng Beach runs across this view from a beach bar on Koh Samui, in Surat Thani province, Thailand. Loungers stand in rows on the white sand, a speedboat lies offshore, and cloud builds over the headland.

Chaweng is the longest and busiest beach on the island, several kilometres of hotels, bars and dive shops behind one strip of sand. A reef runs across the northern end, which is why the water there is shallow enough to wade a long way out.

Of the Samui cameras in the catalogue this is the one actually on Chaweng; the others cover Lamai, Maenam and the bays. The monsoon arrives in November and puts weather like this into the frame most afternoons.