Hin Muang

Two hundred meters away from Hin Daeng is the fabled Hin Muang. Hin Muang represents Thailand's deepest and steepest vertical wall, dropping to 70 or 80 meters in places. The reef at Hin Muang is probably only 200 meters long by 20 meters wide and resembles a long baguette.

The top starts at 12 meters and it is advisable to find the mooring buoy before descent as surface currents can be strong until you get down to the reef itself. Hin Muang gets its name from the purple anemones that cover the surface of the reef: Muang means purple in Thai, and these beautiful soft corals reach a depth of around 20 meters.

This marine oasis in the middle of the Andaman Ocean is one of only a few within 50 to 60 kilometers and the abundancy of marine life is the reason that it attracts the whalesharks and the manta rays.

These majestic animals cruise in from afar to get cleaned by the many cleaner fish that hover over the reef, waiting to do their daily chores. Mantas can be seen hovering over the reef as these fish pick of tiny parasites.