Police were called to the scene, in front of a hotel on Muen Ngern Rd, on the headland immediately south of Patong, at 9:10am.
A team of police officers and personnel from the Kusoldharm Foundation arrived to find the body of the man, wearing only shorts, floating face down in the water
Rescue workers recovered the body and transported it to Patong Hospital, where a post-mortem examination will be conducted to confirm the cause of death.
Initial reports suggest that hotel staff were first alerted to the body after a guest spotted it floating near the shore and reported it.
Police are now working to determine the man’s identity and whether there have been any missing person reports in the area, and to investigate the circumstances of the man’s death.