Hin Muang Dive Site

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WOW! Once in a lifetime experience!
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Medium current
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Am I dreaming?! 30m+!
Level Advanced Divers
Dive depth Deep diving, 25-40m

Hin Muang is one of the best dive sites of Thailand. It is located just 500m away from another exceptional dive site called Hin Daeng. It is ranked as one of the best diving spots in Thailand in competition with the world famous Richelieu Rock. You have great chances to see Manta Rays flying as well as an incredible Marine life like Grey reef Sharks and Leopard Sharks.

If you are very lucky you can also spot a Whale Shark! Hin Muang Dive site is about the BIG stuff! The current can be very strong and Hin Muang dive site is better suited to experienced divers. The spot is also called Purple Rock and is located about 50 km south of Ko Lanta (2 hours by boat) or 1 hour 20 minutes by speedboat from Koh Phi Phi. Enjoy this incredible dive site and don’t forget your underwater camera!

Hin Muang is sometimes classified as a Drift dive. This location is a Reef. This is great place for spotting and diving with Sharks!

You can dive Hin Muang all year long. Access: from the Shore. See the map of Hin Muang on the right for the exact location.

Hin Muang Hin Muang is one of the best dive sites of Thailand. It is located just 500m away from another excep... Julien 5

Fishes you may spot while diving Hin Muang

  • Barracuda Barracuda
  • Fusilier Fusilier

... and more fishes & sea life, Yellow Snapper

Photos

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  • Clown fishes waiting in front of their blue anemone house, Clownfish
    Clown fishes waiting in front of their blue anemone house
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Blacktip Shark patrolling the crystal clear water... EPIC photo! Black Tip Shark
    Blacktip Shark patrolling the crystal clear water... EPIC photo!
    Photo by Yann Hubert
  • Huge Hammerhead Shark patrolling the reef in French Polynesia
    Huge Hammerhead Shark patrolling the reef in French Polynesia
    Photo by Yann Hubert
  • Beautiful & Colorful Mandarin Fish
    Beautiful & Colorful Mandarin Fish
    Photo by Rich Guest
  • Yellow Seahorse in Lembeh Strait
    Yellow Seahorse in Lembeh Strait
    Photo by Agnes Tjandranegara
  • Lion Fish swimming in crystal clear water
    Lion Fish swimming in crystal clear water
    Photo by Agnes Tjandranegara
  • Surreal Life
    Surreal Life
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Mantis Schrimp On Reef
    Mantis Schrimp On Reef
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • White Black Nudibranch
    White Black Nudibranch
    Photo by Jihye Lee
  • Leopard, Leopard Shark
    Leopard
    Photo by Jihye Lee

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Hin Daeng

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Hin Daeng is one of the best dive sites in all of Thailand! It is very famous for the great chance of spotting giant Man...
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Ko Haa 2

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Ko Haa 2 dive spot in Koh Lanta is a very nice reef worth exploring. The spot is very easy and is a perfect place for al...
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Ko Haa 4

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Ko Haa 4 dive site is situated not far from Ko Haa 3-the Lagoon. There is a superb wall going down to 30 m deep. The cor...
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Ko Haa Nua 1 – the Chimney

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Ko Haa Nua 1 - the Chimney dive site is located on the South side of Ko Haa Nua Island. There is a cave with the entranc...
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Ko Haa 3 – Lagoon

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Ko Haa 3, also known as The Lagoon, is a very easy dive site with no current. It is very shallow with a maximum depth of...
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Ko Haa Yai 5 – The Cathedral

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Ko Haa Yai 5 dive site is also called the Cathedral. The site is located 30 min by boat from Koh Lanta. Around 20 m deep...
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Ko Rok Nai

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Ko Rok Nai dive site is located about 30 km south of Ko Lanta. The maximum depth is 20 m and average depth 12 m. Nice ma...
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Ko Rok Nok

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Ko Rok Nok is also called outer Rock. It is the sister Island of Ko Rok Nai. This island features superb beaches. There ...
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The Emerald Cave

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Koh Kraden Wreck

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The Koh Kraden Wreck is a former Japanese Destroyer wreck in Koh Lanta which sunk in 1944 after an air attack. The Koh K...

Diving centers in Koh Lanta

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2 dive logs in “Hin Muang”

  1. Viz was amazing! Saw everything and more…..huge Barracuda off-reef, enormous shoals of Rainbow Runners darting for huge clouds of smaller fish, nurse sharks…you name it. Was a brilliant experience, as was Hin Daeng.

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