Numerous starfish wash ashore and die at Phuket’s Karon Beach
Numerous starfish with elongated bodies and black-and-pale markings were found along Karon Beach in Phuket on 11 November. Their cause of stranding remains unconfirmed.
Numerous starfish were found washed ashore and reported dead along Karon Beach in Phuket on 11 November 2026, prompting questions online about what caused the stranding.
Images circulated on Facebook showed starfish with elongated bodies and arms, featuring alternating black and pale markings, scattered across the sand along the beach.
By midday, as the tide rose and waves reached the shore, the stranded starfish were swept back into the sea, according to the report.
Online commenters questioned whether something abnormal underwater might have been involved, while others suggested that waves could have carried the starfish onto the beach. No cause for the mass stranding and reported deaths had been confirmed.
