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Hin
Daeng
About 100 km southeast of
Phuket lie two
of Thailand's best dive sites, Hin Daeng & Hin
Muang (Red Rock and Purple Rock in Thai).
Hin Daeng is three
rocks that are just awash. Underwater, the reef features
a dramatic drop-off, almost straight down to a depth of
over 60 metres. This makes it the deepest wall dive in
Thailand.
Covered in a
numerous hard & soft corals and sea fans, this dive is
fabulous. The east slopes gently off along two long
narrow ridges which disappear in the darkness, the
western plateau has an expansive coral garden with many
Star Corals and Compact Corals. The walls on the north
and south descend to the sand. Even the deeper soft
corals are usually visible from the shallows!
Descending along
the wall to a depth of 30 metres you are likely to
encounter large schools of Jacks and Tuna. Sometimes
these schools are so thick they appear to be a solid
wall of silver. Hin Daeng is home to a large variety of
marine life including Reef Sharks, Giant Barracuda and
from November to April there is a really good chance of
spotting Manta rays and the odd Whale Shark. The sheer
amount of marine life you find here makes this one of
the best dive sites in the Kingdom. |
