Diving Hin Daeng & Hin Muang

Diving Hin Daeng & Hin Muang from Koh Lanta

Hin Daeng and Hin Muang dive sites are two famous rocky pinnacles located at the far south of the Mu Koh Lanta Marine National Park, about 55 km from our beach dive shop on Koh Lanta.

Widely considered to be the best dive sites in Thailand, diving Hin Daeng & Hin Muang from Koh Lanta on our fast speed boats provides the shortest possible journey times to these spectacular dive sites.

With a chance to see manta rays, and possibly whale sharks, reef sharks, and leopard sharks, the pristine corals and stunning dive sites at Hin Daeng & Hin Muang are a must-see for divers visiting Koh Lanta.

Interestingly, the dive sites of Hin Daeng & Hin Muang are actually connected by a long ridge around 40 deep which connects both pinnacles into a single, long rocky dive site, hundreds of metres in length.

These beautiful dive sites are in open seas and whilst most of the time conditions at these dive sites are great, conditions can sometimes be a little more challenging. We recommend divers have recent experience of deeper diving in stronger currents.

Diving Hin Daeng & Hin Muang from Koh Lanta on our fast boats means shorter journey times, later departures, and earlier returns to Koh Lanta. Typical journey times are just 60 - 75 minutes from our dive shop @ Lanta Castaway Beach Resort.

Diving Hin Muang from Koh Lanta

The Hin Muang dive site (Hin Muang = Purple Rock in Thai) is located only a few hundred metres away from Hin Daeng. The top of Hin Muang starts at a depth of around 12 metres and drops down to 65+ metres, making it one of the deepest dive sites in Thailand.

Departing Koh Lanta around 8:15 am, our Hin Daeng & Hin Muang trips usually arrive at the dive sites around 9:30 am. Depending on the currents, we usually like to dive Hin Muang first, as it's the deeper dive.

The long ridge of Hin Muang is covered in many thousands of purple and red soft corals, feeding on plankton drifting past on the currents. These huge carpets of soft corals give the reef its name, Hin Muang, Purple Rock.

The Hin Muang dive site attracts giant trevallies, huge emperors, and titan triggerfish, roaming the reefs hunting and feeding on the millions of fish found around this huge rocky ridge.

Divers looking more carefully will find many marine species which are not usually seen at the other dive sites around Koh Lanta. Lucky divers may also see manta rays and whale sharks out in the blue, or in the shallows above the reef playing in divers bubbles.

You can expect mild to medium currents while diving Hin Muang, and must be comfortable making a mid-water ascent and safety stop with no physical reference in stronger currents.

You can expect mild to medium currents at this dive site and must be comfortable making a mid-water ascent and safety stop with no physical reference in stronger currents.

We recommend the Advanced Open Water Diver course on Koh Lanta for less experienced divers. The Advanced Open Water course provides an excellent introduction to deeper dives in stronger currents.

Good air consumption is necessary, and this dive site may not be suitable for those who are slow to equalise or may have equalising problems.

Hin Muang Map

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Diving Hin Daeng from Koh Lanta

The Hin Daeng dive site (Hin Daeng = Red Rock in Thai) breaks the surface and slopes gently down to a depth of over 50 metres on one side, with a steeper drop on the other side. The red-coloured rocks and walls are covered with red and purple soft corals, anemones and algae.

After diving Hin Muang, we can moor up our speedboat to the rocky outcrop of Hin Daeng, have a relaxing lunch, and plan the second dive.

The dive site of Hin Daeng features a sloping channel with near vertical sides running through the centre of the dive site. The channel provides shelter from some of the stronger currents and is home to many species of marine life that you won?t normally see on the outer parts of this reef.

The rocks and corals around Hin Daeng are home to millions of small reef fish, boxer shrimps, ghost pipefish, frogfish, octopus and giant morays. Schools of jack fish, barracudas, trevally, mackerel and rainbow runners circle around this reef to feed.

Between the months of November and April, Manta Rays are often found circling Hin Daeng?s cleaning stations, picking up cleaner wrasse on their way past, and depositing them on the return visit.

If you don't want to waste most of the day on a larger, slower dive boat, our speed boats are the perfect way to dive Hin Daeng & Hin Muang from Koh Lanta.

Dive Hin Daeng & Hin Muang along with Koh Haa, Koh Rok or Koh Bida to make the most of the wonderful dive sites and amazing marine life around Koh Lanta.

Hin Daeng Map

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Best time for diving Hin Daeng & Hin Muang

The Mu Koh Lanta Marine National Park and the dive sites at Hin Daeng & Hin Muang are open from 1 October until 31 May.

It's possible to see manta rays year-round diving at Hin Daeng & Hin Muang, however since these dive sites are located in open seas, the best time to dive Koh Lanta is November to April when we usually have the best weather and sea conditions.

How to dive Hin Daeng & Hin Muang from Koh Lanta?

Diving Hin Daeng & Hin Muang from Koh Lanta on our fast boats means shorter journey times, later departures, and earlier returns to Koh Lanta. Typical journey times are only 60 - 75 minutes by speedboat from our office at Lanta Castaway Beach Resort.

We're located at the south end of Long Beach on Koh Lanta, and we are possibly the closest dive shop in Thailand to Hin Daeng & Hin Muang.

The best way to get to Hin Daeng & Hin Muang is with Dive & Relax.