A Koh Samui hotel on the beach is a different booking from a hotel with “beach” in the name. This page is the 2026 shortlist of beachfront and seafront resorts that tell Agoda they are beachfront, have a private beach, or both. An oceanfront resort on Chaweng and a luxury resort on Choeng Mon share a sea view and almost nothing else: one has Beach Road until 2am, the other has a small bay and a quiet road.
Prices move by the week. There is no honest nightly rate to print here. Each link is the hotel’s Agoda page with this site’s partner id, so you see the price for your dates. Breakfast and transfer fees below are the published charges on those listings on 12 October 2026, not a room rate.
For the wider map of areas, use where to stay in Koh Samui. Chaweng against Lamai is its own argument in Chaweng vs Lamai.
Quick facts
Checked on Agoda on 12 October 2026. Room rates are on the links, not on this page.
- On the sand, strongest all-rounder: Hansar Samui, Bophut. Beachfront and a private beach, 10 m from the pin, 9.1 from 6,567 reviews. Airport transfer on that listing was ฿800.
- Calm swim: Choeng Mon. Garrya Tongsai Bay lists its own bay. The Ritz-Carlton’s airport transfer on the same check was ฿2,000, which tells you the price band.
- Cheaper beach rooms, and the noise: Chaweng. First Bungalow on Chaweng Noi listed breakfast at ฿350. Baan Chaweng listed breakfast at ฿300.
- Oceanfront is not the same as on the sand. A sea view from a hillside is a different booking. This page is the beachfront and private-beach flags.
Which beach suits you
| Beach | Swimming | Noise | In October to December |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaweng | Best November to April. Gradual shelf. Swell can pick up May to October. | The loud one. Beach Road runs late. | East-facing. Rough water is common. Book it for the town, not for calm swimming. |
| Lamai | Same seasonal window as Chaweng. South end is granite, not a swim. | Quieter. Bars close earlier. | Same east-coast swell as Chaweng, with fewer people on the sand. |
| Bophut | Calmer north coast. Darker sand. Fine for a swim, not the island’s best beach. | Fisherman’s Village is busy on a Friday night and ordinary the rest of the week. | Sheltered compared with the east coast. Still wet in October and November. |
| Choeng Mon | The calm bay. Sheltered from the Gulf swell for most of the year. | Resort roads, not a strip. Little going on after dinner. | The beach to keep if you are travelling in the monsoon and you want to swim. |
Maenam is the other calm north-coast option, long and quiet, with seagrass in places. It is a walk-and-paddle beach more than a swim you would cross the island for. Santiburi is the resort there that actually flags a private beach.
Picks by beach
Agoda measures distance to a single pin, so a hotel on a long beach can show hundreds of metres and still be on the sand. Where the distance was useless, the table says beachfront or private beach and stops there. Scores and fees are from each listing on 12 October 2026.
| Hotel | Beach | Agoda flags | Distance | Score (reviews) | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hansar Samui Resort | Bophut | Beachfront + private beach | 10 m | 9.1 (6,567) | Check price |
| Zazen Boutique Resort | Bophut | Beachfront + private beach | 0 m | 8.8 (959) | Check price |
| Anantara Bophut | Bophut | Beachfront | 20 m | 9.0 (817) | Check price |
| Bandara Spa Resort | Bophut | Private beach | 270 m to the pin | 8.7 (3,479) | Check price |
| Santiburi Koh Samui | Maenam | Beachfront + private beach | Beachfront | 9.2 (703) | Check price |
| Garrya Tongsai Bay | Choeng Mon | Beachfront + private beach | Private bay | 9.2 (2,348) | Check price |
| SALA Samui Choengmon | Choeng Mon | Private beach | Private beach | 9.2 (2,101) | Check price |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Koh Samui | Choeng Mon | Private beach | Private beach | 8.9 (1,231) | Check price |
| Melati Beach Resort | Thongson Bay | Private beach | 20 m | 8.8 (1,832) | Check price |
| Nora Buri Resort & Spa | North Chaweng | Beachfront + private beach | Beachfront | 8.6 (4,399) | Check price |
| Chaba Cabana | North Chaweng | Private beach | Private beach | 8.5 (2,238) | Check price |
| Chaweng Regent | Central Chaweng | Private beach | Private beach | 8.5 (5,109) | Check price |
| Baan Chaweng Beach Resort | Central Chaweng | Beachfront | Beachfront | 8.6 (2,747) | Check price |
| Samui Resotel | South Chaweng | Private beach | Private beach | 8.4 (3,183) | Check price |
| First Bungalow Beach Resort | Chaweng Noi | Private beach | 40 m | 8.2 (3,556) | Check price |
| Sheraton Samui Resort | Chaweng Noi | Private beach | 170 m | 8.7 (1,189) | Check price |
| Renaissance Koh Samui | North Lamai | Beachfront + private beach | 0 m | 8.8 (385) | Check price |
| The Lamai Samui | Lamai | Private beach | 70 m | 8.7 (1,965) | Check price |
A garden-view room at any of these can still be a walk from the water. Read the room name, then the map.
Chaweng
Chaweng is the beach people mean when they say Koh Samui. About 7km of white sand, a gradual shelf, and a road behind it that does not go quiet.
North Chaweng is the quieter end and the closest to the airport. Nora Buri flags beachfront and a private beach, 144 rooms, and Agoda’s transfer estimate is about 5 minutes to the airport (8.6 from 4,399 reviews). Chaba Cabana is the smaller private-beach neighbour, 78 rooms, breakfast ฿600.
Central Chaweng is where you stay if you want restaurants on foot and you can sleep through Beach Road. Baan Chaweng is the 3.5-star on this list, 94 rooms, flagged beachfront, breakfast ฿300. Chaweng Regent is larger, 155 rooms, private beach, and it lists a kids’ club (8.5 from 5,109 reviews).
South of that, Samui Resotel (79 rooms, private beach) sits at the south end of Chaweng. First Bungalow on Chaweng Noi is the budget private-beach room: 3-star, 174 rooms, 40 m to the pin, breakfast ฿350, airport transfer ฿400, score 8.2 from 3,556 reviews. Agoda lists 1970 as the opening year, so expect an older building. Sheraton Samui is also on Chaweng Noi, private beach, 170 m from the pin, with a kids’ club and breakfast at ฿930.
Nora Buri · Baan Chaweng · Chaweng Regent · First Bungalow
Lamai
Lamai’s main sand is about 4km. The swim window matches Chaweng. The southern end narrows into boulders, which is Hin Ta and Hin Yai, a photo stop rather than a place to put children in the water. Nights are smaller. You can get a beer without a club. The rocks are pictured in Chaweng vs Lamai.
Renaissance Koh Samui opened in 2005 at the north end, flagged beachfront and private beach at 0 m (8.8 from 385 reviews, breakfast ฿930). The review count is thin next to Chaweng’s big hotels. The Lamai Samui is 77 rooms, opened 2009, private beach, 70 m from the Lamai pin (8.7 from 1,965 reviews, breakfast ฿650). Agoda’s URL still uses an older Le Méridien name. The hotel is The Lamai Samui.
Two more sit south of central Lamai with a private-beach flag: Rocky’s Boutique Resort (49 rooms, also beachfront, 9.1 from 1,609 reviews) and Banyan Tree Samui (88 rooms, 9.2 from 1,902 reviews). Agoda’s Lamai pin puts them 800 m and 560 m off it. They are not the central beach.
Renaissance · The Lamai Samui · Rocky’s · Banyan Tree
Bophut
Bophut faces north, in front of Fisherman’s Village. The sand is darker than Chaweng and the water is calmer.
Hansar Samui is the pick if you want one hotel: 74 rooms, 5-star, opened 2010, beachfront and private beach, 10 m from the Bo Phut pin, 9.1 from 6,567 reviews. Airport transfer on the listing is ฿800, about 10 minutes. Agoda lists a kids’ pool and no kids’ club. Our Hansar page.
Zazen is the small one, 26 rooms, opened 2000, beachfront and private beach at 0 m (8.8 from 959 reviews). Anantara Bophut is 106 rooms, opened 2004, 20 m from the beach, with a kids’ club (9.0 from 817 reviews). Families who want that club and the beach in one place should also read Koh Samui family resorts.
Bandara is the large private-beach resort, 168 rooms, kids’ club, 8.7 from 3,479 reviews. The pin distance is 270 m, so do not assume every room is on the sand. Our Bandara page.
Hansar · Zazen · Anantara Bophut · Bandara
Maenam, if you want it quieter still
Santiburi is the Maenam hotel that clears the beach test: 96 rooms, opened 1993, beachfront and private beach, kids’ club, and an on-site golf course on the facilities list. Score 9.2 from 703 reviews. The beach itself is long, often empty, and not as clear as Chaweng. You stay here for the grounds and the quiet, then drive if you want a night out. Our Santiburi page.
Choeng Mon
Choeng Mon is a short north-facing bay. The headland knocks down the swell that hits Chaweng, which is why families end up here even when they booked “a beach in Samui” without naming it.
Garrya Tongsai Bay is the one that lists beachfront, private beach and private beach access together. 66 rooms, opened 1987, on its own bay, kids’ club, 9.2 from 2,348 reviews, airport transfer ฿670. Our Tongsai Bay page.
SALA Samui Choengmon is 69 rooms, private beach, 9.2 from 2,101 reviews. Most of the villas have their own pool. There is no kids’ club. The Ritz-Carlton opened in 2017, private beach, kids’ club, 8.9 from 1,231 reviews, and the airport transfer on the listing is ฿2,000. That fee is the tell for the price band. Melati, on Thongson Bay rather than the main Choeng Mon crescent, is 77 rooms, private beach, 20 m to the bay, kids’ club, 8.8 from 1,832 reviews.
Garrya Tongsai Bay · SALA Choengmon · The Ritz-Carlton · Melati
Luxury beachfront
“Luxury resort Samui” pulls up hillside villas with a golf-buggy ride down to the water. Fine hotels. Not this page.
On the sand, the luxury end of this list is Hansar and Anantara on Bophut, Santiburi on Maenam, and Garrya, SALA and the Ritz-Carlton around Choeng Mon. Sheraton on Chaweng Noi and Renaissance on north Lamai are the east-coast 5-stars that still flag a private beach. Nora Buri is the north Chaweng option if you want 5-star and a short airport ride.
The Ritz-Carlton’s ฿2,000 airport transfer is the only fee on this page that tells you the room will be in another bracket. Everyone else, check the live price. A sea-view room and a beachfront room at the same hotel are not the same product.
Budget beachfront
Cheap and on the sand is mostly a Chaweng fact. The rest of the island’s beachfront flags are 4-star and 5-star.
First Bungalow on Chaweng Noi is the lowest star rating with a private beach on this check: 3-star, breakfast ฿350, transfer ฿400. Baan Chaweng is the central beachfront 3.5-star, breakfast ฿300, which was the lowest breakfast charge in the set. Both score in the low-to-mid 8s from thousands of reviews, so they are used, not secret.
On Lamai, New Hut is in our hotel list as a basic beachfront bungalow (Agoda id 2504162, 8.5 from 375 reviews). It was not in the 12 October facility-flag pull that built the table above, so look at the map before you count on stepping out of the room onto sand.
First Bungalow · Baan Chaweng · New Hut
Beaches to avoid in monsoon (Oct-Dec)
October and November are Koh Samui’s wet months. The northeast monsoon is on the Gulf side, which is this island, not Phuket. Early December often still has the tail of it. The best time to visit has the month-by-month version.
If the point of the hotel is swimming off the sand in front of it, do not book Chaweng or Lamai for those weeks. Both face east and pick up the swell. You can still sit there. You should not promise a small child a calm swim.
Choeng Mon is the beach to keep. The bay faces north and stays swimmable when the east coast is messy. Bophut and Maenam are the other sheltered stretches. They are not dry. Rain days in October and November are the norm across the island. They are calmer in the water.
Ang Thong boat days are a separate problem. The park’s usual closure runs from about 1 November into mid-December. A beachfront room does not fix that.
Not on the list, and why
These are well-known beach hotels that did not declare a beachfront or private-beach facility on Agoda on 12 October 2026:
- SALA Samui Chaweng
- Amari Koh Samui
- Kimpton Kitalay (500 m from Agoda’s Choeng Mon Beach pin)
- W Koh Samui
- Explorar
- Centara Reserve
- Avani Chaweng
Hyatt Regency Koh Samui was left out for a different reason. Agoda files it in Chaweng, 3.2 km from the Chaweng Beach pin, so the beach in front of the hotel was not confirmed. Family reviews describe that shore as rocky. It is in the family resorts guide because of the kids’ club and the pools, not because you can swim there.
Missing from this list does not mean the hotel is inland. It means the listing did not confirm the sand. Open the map.
FAQ
What are the best Koh Samui hotels on the beach in 2026?
On the 12 October 2026 Agoda check, Hansar Samui in Bophut (9.1 from 6,567 reviews, 10 m, beachfront and private beach) and Garrya Tongsai Bay on Choeng Mon (9.2 from 2,348 reviews, its own bay) are the two that combine a high score with a large review count. Zazen, Anantara Bophut and Renaissance Koh Samui are the others with a listed distance of 0 to 20 m.
What is the price of a beachfront hotel in Koh Samui?
Nightly prices are not printed here because they change with the date. What the listings did publish on 12 October 2026: breakfast from ฿300 at Baan Chaweng and ฿350 at First Bungalow, up to ฿930 at Sheraton and Renaissance, and airport transfers from ฿400 (First Bungalow) to ฿2,000 (Ritz-Carlton). Use the Agoda links for the room price.
Which beach should I pick for an oceanfront or seafront resort?
Chaweng if you want the long white beach and you do not mind noise. Lamai for the same coast, quieter and usually cheaper. Bophut if you want to walk to dinner. Choeng Mon if the swimming matters more than the nightlife, including in the monsoon.
Which beachfront hotels have a kids’ club?
Anantara Bophut, Bandara, Santiburi, Garrya Tongsai Bay, the Ritz-Carlton, Melati, Chaweng Regent and Sheraton Samui list a kids’ club on Agoda. Ages and hours are on the family resorts page, and only where the resort’s own site states them.
Are there cheap beachfront hotels?
First Bungalow on Chaweng Noi and Baan Chaweng in central Chaweng are the low star ratings on this list. New Hut on Lamai is the basic bungalow option in our hotel data. Check the live rate and the room’s position on the map.
If you book one
| Pick | Why | Score (reviews) | Book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hansar Samui | Beachfront and private beach, 10 m, Bophut | 9.1 (6,567) | Check price on Agoda |
| Garrya Tongsai Bay | Private bay, Choeng Mon, kids’ club | 9.2 (2,348) | Check price on Agoda |
| First Bungalow | 3-star private beach, Chaweng Noi | 8.2 (3,556) | Check price on Agoda |
Facility flags, distances, scores, breakfast and transfer fees come from the hotels’ Agoda listings on 12 October 2026. We did not stay in these rooms, and we did not invent a nightly rate. Links are affiliate links. If you book through them, Koh Samui Pointer may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. See the affiliate disclosure.
