Diving in Phi Phi, Hin Dot

Although a great dive site, Hin Dot is seldom dived since it is not suitable for students on their dive course. What this means is that it offers some of the best diving in Phi Phi since it is usually completely free of other divers - wow, what a dive site.

Located at an unexpecting point at the mouth of Tonsai Bay, the top of a series of pinnacles starts at 5 meters from the surface. Looking down you will see a series of huge acropora table corals surrounded by a light green sheen of created by the corralimorphs. Dropping down onto this first pinnacle it doesn't take long to realize that this is going to be a special dive.

The first pinnacle goes as deep as 15 meters but half way down you will meet the second pinnacle that creates a canyon with the first and this is usually stuffed full of sweepers and yellow lined snappers. Continuing past the second pinnacle you will discover a series of smaller pinnacles and each one has a breathtaking amount of life on it. So many and so deep are the schools of fish here, makes photographing a real test due to the lack of light produced by the umbrella of fish.

Leopard Sharks or marble rays often lay there eggs here and this is a true testament to how unique this site is. Nudibranchs, frogfish, lionfish, triggerfish are among the list of creatures you can tick off your list of animals to see!