Dive Koh Rok - Hin Ngam

Diving Koh Rok - Hin Ngam

Hin Ngam is located at the south west part of Koh Rok Noi and is a rocky dive site with an abundance of hard and soft corals.

The dive starts at the south west following the reef on the left shoulder. The shallows begin with large boulders, becoming smaller with depth, eventually revealing a gently sloping reef from around 7 - 8m down to 18m +. This is a great area for macro life such as shrimp and nudibranchs, and for larger species of sea cucumber, angelfish, surgeonfish, moray eels and turtles.

You will find hard corals, including boulder corals and branching corals, soft corals, including sea whips, anemones, clownfish and many other species in this area. If you are very lucky, you may spot a marble ray, guitar sharks, eagle rays or possibly the occasional whale shark in this area.

As you continue eastward you find larger rocks, boulders and hard coral bommies, surrounded by bubble corals, gorgonian sea fans and whip corals, giant barrel sponges, glassfish, fusiliers, groupers, surgeonfish and moray eels.

The reef slope becomes more steep, strewn with bubble corals and barrel sponges, gradually becoming a steep wall in deeper areas.

A huge underwater rocky finger marks the end of the first bay, and the start of the second bay as we turn the corner to the right. The imposing rock face creates a dramatic natural geological barrier which marks the end of the first sloping reef, and the start of the second sloping reef as we enter the next bay. Around the finger and in deeper areas, we can see larger fish, including the giant potato grouper.

After the huge rocky finger, we again find ourselves on a broad sloping reef, more rocky in the shallows. Again, hard and soft corals are found at all depths and we enter the shallows where we end the dive.

There is a great abundance of sea whip corals in the shallower areas. Batfish, angelfish, wrasse, parrotfish, sweetlips, surgeonfish, snapper and turtles can all be found here. The shallow area here is also great for snorkeling.

Find out more from the Thailand Department of National Parks on the Mu Koh Lanta Marine National Park.

Dive Site Guide : Koh Rok - Hin Ngam

Visibility:	10m - 25m +
Level of Diving:	All Levels
Snorkeling:	Yes
Depth:	0m - 25m +
Journey Time:	50 - 60 mins

Find out more at the Thai Department of National Parks.

• Minimum Open Water Diver, or equivalent.
• All trips are 2-tank dives. Includes free equipment rental, lunch & soft drinks on the boat.
• Scuba Skills Refresher for extra ฿900 when Booked Online (Normal Price ฿1,000)
• Does not include Marine Park Diving Fee: Adult ฿600, Child: ฿400 per day.

Our Boat Trip Schedule

Our dive trips depart Koh Lanta in the morning every day from the south end of Long Beach, returning to Koh Lanta around 1:30 - 2pm, depending on how the day goes.

• All trips are 2 dives a day
• Trips depart from the beach at our dive shop @ Lanta Castaway Beach Resort
• Trips Depart 8/9am, return 2pm
• Dive & Relax is open from Oct 15 - May 15.
• E-mail us info@diveandrelax.com in advance with any questions, or to make a booking.

We may schedule a Shark Point & Anemone Reef dive trip or a KledKaeo Wreck dive trip upon request. A minimum of 5 divers are required for these trips, please let us know if you are interested.

We love to dive as much as possible during the high season, however all our dive trips depend on the weather, sea conditions, currents and minimum numbers and may be subject to change at short notice.

For more information on our weather and climate, check out the best time to visit Koh Lanta.