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Hin Daeng and Hin Muang

Red and purple soft corals, steep walls and a chance of large marine life.

🤿 Dive site🤿 DivingAndaman Sea

📅 When to go📍 On the map

Parrotfish at Hin Daeng
Photo: portioid, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Hin Daeng and Hin Muang

Access type
🤿 Dive site
Mainly for scuba diving; not automatically suitable for snorkelers.
Location
Southern Andaman Sea, reached from Koh Lanta.
Activity
Two separate dive sites, together on one page here.
How you get into the water
Boat dives; no access from a beach.
Under water
Red and purple soft corals, steep walls and a chance of large marine life.
Level and depth
For experienced divers. A depth of 60 metres or more describes the terrain; it is not a recommended dive depth.
Good to know
Exposed to the open sea, with possibly strong currents and drop-offs beyond recreational depths.
Access now
No separate, current guarantee of access was found; check local access and conditions on the spot.

When to go to Hin Daeng and Hin Muang

Month by month, following the seasons from our research. Weather, waves, current and tide on the day itself decide whether it works.

  1. JanMain season
  2. FebMain season
  3. MarMain season
  4. AprMain season
  5. MayOff season
  6. JunOff season
  7. JulOff season
  8. AugOff season
  9. SepOff season
  10. OctOff season
  11. NovMain season
  12. DecMain season

Main season: January, February, March, April, November, December.

Andaman Sea: roughly November–April, when the sea is calm more often. Check local weather, tides and park opening separately; the annual park opening and restrictions on individual reefs are two different things.

Source: outthailand.com

Photos of Hin Daeng and Hin Muang

Hin Daeng and Hin Muang on the map

Pinch to zoom; tap a point for more info. Open circles: approximate location.

About the location

7.15217, 98.82077 · Hin Muang: 7.15942, 98.83132. Approximate location. Point for Hin Daeng from a dive-site database; Hin Muang lies close by and is shown as a second point on the map. A point on OpenStreetMap lies some 24 km further north and was not used.

Source of the coordinates: PADI dive-site location Hin Daeng 7.15217, 98.82077 padi.com and Hin Muang 7.15942, 98.83132 padi.com (same values on divenavigator.com)

Video: Hin Daeng and Hin Muang

Scuba Diving at Hin Daeng / Hin Muang - Koh Lanta - Thailand [4K] · dobby unleashed · 3 December 2022. Video from YouTube; it only loads when you click. A video shows what it looked like then, not whether it is allowed or safe now.

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