Gulf of Thailand ferries
The Samui archipelago sits off Surat Thani in the western Gulf of Thailand. Ferries and catamarans link Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao with the mainland piers at Donsak, Surat Thani and Chumphon, and run joint bus-and-boat tickets from Bangkok and Hua Hin.
Season: The Gulf has a different weather pattern from the Andaman coast: services run all year, but the northeast monsoon can disrupt crossings around November and December, mostly on the open-water legs to and from Koh Tao and Chumphon.
Gulf of Thailand route map
Destinations
All Gulf of Thailand routes
- Koh Samui → Koh TaoPopularfrom 1h 25m · 17 departures · from €11.92
- Koh Tao → Hua HinPopularfrom 7h 45m · 1 departures · from €33.14
- Koh Samui → Koh Phanganfrom 20 min · 27 departures · from €5.30
- Koh Samui (Bangrak) → Haad Rin (Koh Phangan)from 20 min · 27 departures · from €5.30
- Koh Phangan → Koh Taofrom 55 min · 10 departures · from €11.92
- Surat Thani → Koh Taofrom 4h · 9 departures · from €20.40
- Surat Thani (Ban Don night-boat piers) → Koh Taofrom 4h · 9 departures · from €20.40
- Chumphon → Koh Taofrom 1h 45m · 8 departures · from €11.95
- Surat Thani (Donsak) → Koh Samuifrom 45 min · 7 departures · from €7.07
- Donsak → Koh Phanganfrom 1h 15m · 7 departures · from €9.08
- Surat Thani → Koh Phanganfrom 2h 45m · 6 departures · from €13.11
- Chumphon → Koh Samuifrom 4h 30m · 5 departures · from €26.49
- Chumphon → Koh Phanganfrom 3h 45m · 4 departures · from €23.84
- Surat Thani → Koh Samuifrom 1h 45m · 4 departures · from €15.90
- Bangkok → Koh Samuifrom 11h 30m · 4 departures · from €33.14
- Koh Phayam → Koh Phanganfrom 8h 30m · 4 departures · from €45.83
- Koh Phayam → Koh Samuifrom 9h · 3 departures · from €43.45
- Donsak → Koh Taofrom 3h 10m · 2 departures · from €15.97
- Bangkok → Koh Taofrom 9h · 2 departures · from €22.54
- Bangkok → Koh Phanganfrom 10h 45m · 2 departures · from €30.49
- Surat Thani → Koh Phaluaifrom 1h 30m · 1 departures · from €14.80
- Koh Phangan → Hua Hinfrom 9h 30m · 1 departures · from €35.79
- Koh Samui → Hua Hinfrom 10h · 1 departures · from €38.44
- Koh Samui → Nakhon Si Thammaratfrom 3h 30m · 1 departures · from €22.54
- Koh Kood → Koh Samuifrom 23h 30m · 1 departures · from €59.92
- Koh Tao → Koh Nangyuan10m – 20m
- Songkhla → SongkhlaAbout 10m
Photo: Granite boulders and palms at Coral Cove on the east coast of Koh Samui, between Chaweng and Lamai (Fabio Achilli from Milano, Italy, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0).