...Highlights: whale sharks, manta rays...
...Diving environment: wall diving, caverns, advanced divers...
Diving in Hin Daeng and Hin Muang are, for many divers that are familiar with Thailand, the best there is outside of the Similan Islands. Mostly these 2 huge, remote, deep water rocks are discussed in terms of the frequency of sightings of manta rays and whale sharks but they promise a lot more besides.
With exceptionally colourful soft corals, vast schools of trevallies, as well as barracuda, rainbow runners, reef sharks, scorpionfish, and countless species of reef fish, Hin Daeng and Hin Muang are 2 dive sites which provide an excellent and convenient option for shorter liveaboard trips.
The area lies to the south of Phuket in the southern Andaman Sea and within Thailand's Mu Koh Lanta National Marine Park. Currents can be strong but both dive sites offer plenty of shelter on the leeward sides of their boulder walls. However, Hin Muang in particular can be more challenging in current for inexperienced divers as the rock acts to increase the current speed over its upper surface.
Check out your options to dive at these twin colossal rocks of the Andaman Sea in our Hin Daeng-Hin Muang liveaboard cruise section.
You can take a liveaboard dive safari; either a trip covering all the best of Thailand's west coast which also includes sites in the Similans and Richelieu Rock, or alternatively you can take a shorter trip which focuses on this southern area and includes the best diving around Phi Phi Island and Koh Ha.
Note that we currently do not offer day trips to Hin Daeng and Hin Muang.
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Diving in Hin Daeng and Hin Muang is between November and April when the weather is at its most stable. During the rainy season (May-October) the Western Monsoon, together with the rain, can bring rough seas. These dive sites are in the open sea, so rough sea conditions might really put divers at risk.
The water temperature ranges between 27-30°C throughout the year, warmest around February to April. The visibility is usually good (range 20-30m) and is only negatively affected during the monsoon season. Visit HikersBay for more information on the climate and sea temperature at nearby Koh Lanta.
The best time of the year for encounters with manta rays and whale sharks is between the months February through April, also the sea is at its calmest and fewer divers are around.
Review our map below of Thailand, showing the location of Hin Daeng. Here, you will find information on how to get to Phuket or Phi Phi Island, and then on to Hin Daeng-Hin Muang.
5 - >40m
15 - 40m
Can be strong
Can be rough
27 - 30°C
Intermediate - advanced
2
~100 km southeast of Phuket (5 hours), 90 km south of Phi Phi (2½ hours)
1 - 2 days
The website is a very useful tool for comparing liveaboard services and prices. Communication (both by email and in person at the shop) was very good and efficient. The staff was very friendly
Hin Daeng-Muang liveaboards
