This place is cool. Get a hotel by the seaside. Hard Rock Hotel looks nice...
Typical
Go for a run in the morning.
Return to your hotel, wash up get breakfast
Go shopping till evening
Go for dinner
Go walk back to your hotel instead of spending 20 baht on a tuk-tuk.
Have a foot massage below your hotel for 200-300 baht (US$8-12)

Try the taxi lorries. quite cheap if you taxi-pool.
Their cabaret is also good, its behind row of shops/hotels by the beach.
Don't waste your time on beach activities though.
Go with an empty luggage. Buy ALL your clothes there.(:

While it may not be as good as Phuket, the attraction for this spot is the relative proximity to Bangkok. There is nothing like resting in a beachchair on a hot day and being served cool drinks and offered many goods and services like a massage. And the view is still good! Besides, no-one goes to Pattaya just for the daytime activities. The nightlife is the star attraction!

It's warm, the sea looks astonishing, you can sit and eat, drink, get massaged and you can even buy henna tattoo's from vendors who visit you from time to time on the beach. There are also possibilities to rent boats, ships and jet ski's. I had a very good time on the beach, drinking cold beer and eating seafood.

Nice beach. There was to many locals selling there goods. The first hour they wont leave you alone one after another. After awhile they stop bugging you, just act like your sleeping and they'll walk by.

goede plaats voor een strand vakantie overdag strand of zwembad sávonds het uitgaansleven en niet vergeten de vele massage saloons vergeet vooral de voetmassage nieten het winkelen kan men dag en nacht