We have visited Shark Bay through Rocky resort in order to avoid the 100 baht fee. You need to walk through the water but it's feasible for almost everyone. We cannot see any shark or turtle, and beach was a little bit dirty.

Great place for snorkeling and a nice beach. The 50 Baht entrance fee is worth paying. The restaurant serves good food but is quite expensive. Bear in mind they charge you 17% tax and service fee on top of the prices mentioned in the menu.

We stayed at Haad Tien and enjoyed it very much. The beach is lovely and staff clean it several times a day. We were unlucky with windy weather which meant it was rather rough in the bay and viz not so good. However, 1st and last days I did see lovely coral and plenty of fish, including a young black tip reef shark. Around the corner at Freedom Beach amazing coral and fish - good viz there when rough and cloudy everywhere else. It seems they make it difficult for non residents to get to the beach - but plenty did it - including families with small kids and all there gear wading across from Rocky Resort.

Sadly I didn't go as the entrance fee of 100 Baht is too expensive. I went to some free instead. This is a sad state of affairs and will eventually kill off the tourist industry in Koh Tao (which already is deadSadly I didn't go as the entrance fee of 100 Baht is too expensive. I went to some free instead. This is a sad state of affairs and will eventually kill off the tourist industry in Koh Tao (which already is dead)

This place is a NIGHTMARE to find... it took us around an hour to get to by moped. We were determined to make it though as we had heard great things about the beach. We were quite disappointed. Cost 100 baht each to get onto the actual beach which is allegedly for “maintenance”. We are always happy to pay as Thailand has some really breathtaking sights and naturally they need to be maintained. However whilst we were there we couldn’t help noticing how filthy the beach was with bags of litter all over the place and so much plastic washed up. The beach was really overcrowded. Being on a resort, all the eateries were overpriced. Honestly, we wish we hadn’t bothered going here and only stayed to try to get our money worth. I don’t recommend this place ... save your time (and money!) and visit Tanote bay or Aow Leuk beach instead.

Visited as a family of 5. 2 adults and 3 children 15, 12 and 11. We had to pay 100 baht each to get it. It cost us 400 baht each way to get there from Sairee and in my opinion it was not worth it. It was too shallow to swim over the dead coral and visibility was quite poor. We saw some pretty fish but it didn't have the wow factor. If you want to visit shark bay to see turtles and sharks do so on a boat trip thay will take you behind the reef so you don't have to try to swim over the coral. We did a boat trip the following day here and saw both turtles and black tip sharks.

We walked over to Sharks Bay from Freedom Beach Resort. The walk incurred many steep hills and steps. Paid 50bht to enter, where it is a steep drop down more steps to the seafront (no beach) it was too rough to swim/snorkel, so wasted our time coming here. I'd suggest getting to this area by organised boat tour or long tail boat as the walk is horrendous

We were able to get lucky and swim out and see some massive turtles. There are also boats that will take you out to where they know turtles are for 100 b each. Go at 4-5 for best chance since they are feeding

What a beautiful beach. As natural as they come. Beautiful white sand backed by shady trees and beach bushes. Turquoise water that has to be the warmest sea water in the world! Sharks (friendly) and turtles and every colour fish to snorkel with. No sunbeds or parasols or anything .....as nature intended. We've been to the Caribbean etc but this is one of my favourite places.

Yes there are sharks, yes there are turtles, yes the reef has been decimated. In the images below I will show you where we saw over 60 sharks (or the same 5 sharks over and over, who knows) But first!!!! This reef or what used to be a reef is a perfect example of how crappy and destructive humans can be. Plastic, fuel, pollution, over fishing, etc. Please view this reef and look at what an impact we have had over the years and maybe just maybe be inspired to recycle, reduce plastic consumption, something. Now the good stuff!!! There are tons of sharks, they were across the bay from Jamahkiri. I have highlighted the area. Make sure you snorkel out past the sand, the visibility will suck and you will wonder if I am just trying to get you to swim to Phanghan but fear not my little Nemo. Once you get to the broken bits of coral you are getting to the right area. The visibility improves drastically once you are over the dead broken coral. It also get better if you dive down a few feet below the surface, just don’t piss off the sharks, cuz they are indeed Sharks... Keep an eye out for the guided snorkel tour boats, they drop in this area in the morning and afternoon and are a good indicator that you’re in the right areas. That said, we swam away from the giant groups and saw a lot more sharks than they did. Oh and a giant sea turtle. If you aren’t seeing sharks, move around and keep an eye out, they just seemed to be cruising back and forth for us. We saw them at all times of the day, the water was a little calmer in the afternoon. ****Take note of the bottom structure in my photos, that is the area you are looking for**** Also, don’t stand on the reef, even though it looks dead, there are new corals and sea life trying to grow.