Tri Tra Beach: also known as Emerald Beach, Phuket

By Paula Parker

Tri Tra Beach is located in a coral bay and is the first of four beautiful beaches in the rocky headland just south of Patong.

This north facing 500 metre long picturesque beach is also known to many as "Emerald Beach" or "Hat Tri Tra", which overlooks Patong Bay.

The beachfront is lined with casuarina trees and fine sand.

The three other beaches in this headland are Paradise Beach, Tri Trang Beach and Freedom Beach.

For some reason this beach also gets called Tri Trang Beach, maybe because the Tri Trang Beach Resort was located at one end of the beach.

If your looking for Tri Trang Beach it is located further along in the headland in a nice quiet bay in front of the five star Marriott Merlin Beach Resort.

Tri Tra Beach is a place where you can come to truly relax and unwind away from the crowds of Patong.

The bay offers calm clean waters and is a great spot to spoil yourself for a day or to enjoy a week long vacation.

During one of our many visits to Phuket we enjoyed four relaxing days at Tri Tra Beach, and can highly recommend the location for a relaxing getaway.

We stayed at the Tri Trang Beach Resort and found the facilities on the beachfront to be good.

Towards the other end of Tri Tra Beach is where guests that stay at the nearby Merlin Beach Resort prefer to spend their days basking in the sun.

At this end of the beach there was a massage hut as well as the Windsurf Restaurant, unfortunately during a recent visit we found that both had been demolished.

Tri Tra is certainly not the best beach for swimming as it is very rocky underfoot.   

However on high tide you can still swim and go snorkeling and is safe all year round, with areas sectioned off with buoys so that boats and jet ski's stay away from the swimming area's.

If you are going to explore Tri Tra Beach just for a few hours, the best time to go is on high tide, and ensure to wear a pair of reef shoes in the water.

As you can see in the pictures the only downside to this beach is that it is quite rocky with several small corals and it is too shallow on low tide to go for a swim.

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If your looking for a restaurant or cafe that is not attached to a 5 star resort, but offers fantastic views of Tri Tra Beach, you will find a good selection of places to stop for a meal or a drink along the road between Tri Tra Beach to Paradise Beach.

Coconut Heaven has wonderful views across to Tri Tra beach and Patong Beach, this hidden gem is definitely worth visiting when your in Phuket.
Hours: open daily from 10.00am to 9.30pm
Address: 94/5 Muen-Ngern Rd, Patong


Sunshine View Restaurant has an extensive menu offering a mix of Thai and Indian Cuisine. This restaurant certainly lives up to its name with its breathtaking views across Tri Tra Beach.
Hours: open daily from 11.00am to 10.00pm
Address: 92/3 Muen-Ngern Rd, Patong


The Cozy Cafe is a fantastic choice with its hillside location providing fantastic ocean views across Tri Tra Beach and Patong Beach.
Hours: open daily from 10.00am to 7.30pm.
Address: 94 Muen-Ngern Rd, Patong

One of our favorite restaurants was the Windsurf Restaurant which was located at the far end of the beach closer to the Merlin Beach Resort, but unfortunately it was demolished in 2014.

If your looking to unwind and stay a couple of nights around Tri Tra beach you will be pleasantly surprised with the choice of accommodation on offer.

 Use the search box below to view other resorts near Tri Tra & Tri Trang.

At the far south end of Patong, drive across the Patong River Bridge and follow Muan-Ngern Road for around 3 kilometres. On the way you will pass the Amari Coral Beach Resort and the Crest Resort.
 

Whatever the beach is called whether it be Emerald Beach, Tri Tra Beach or Tri Trang Beach or even Crystal beach we would have to rate it as one of the most relaxing, laidback beaches in Phuket.