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Hin Rua Tek

Hin Rua Tek หินเรือแตก is located just south of bang Bao and take only 20 minutes to get there. The Dive Site is a long flat rock Banana Rock, that stays above the surface. There is one buoy line attached at 12 meters of Depth. This Buoyline leads you down into a sandy area.
From here you head out over the sand. Till you reach the Coral Reef that has a max depth of around 14 to 15 meters. As you approach the dive site you head out straight onto the West Wall of Hin Rua Tek. This is a beautiful Coral Reef Wall with many hard and soft Corals to admire.
Hin Rua Tek is a very long reef that stretches out very far. It’s best to come up over the reef and continue back along the East Side to find the buoy line. Along the way, it is also nice to come up to shallower depths and spend time diving around 5 to 6 meters. At the top of the reef. As you can see many Nudie branches, Sea Cucumbers and of course many black sea Eurchints so be good with you buoyancy.
Along the Reef, you will find many spaces and cracks to shine your torch into. See what’s hidden in there and if you’re lucky maybe you can See a Reef Shark along the way. Also many Barracudas, Fusiliers and Stingrays. Hin Rua Tek is a Dive Site that we are only really going to in high season as in low season the conditions are not very favourable to dive there.
It is a great dive site with a lot to offer and if you get a dive with 20 to 30-meter visibility it is great.

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Diver Level for this dive site.

Min. certification level: Junior, Open Water Diver (or equalled)
Try Diving possibility: restricted to the shallow part
Snorkelling possibility: Yes

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Our Divemaster’s

Our Divemasters will give you a boat briefing and an overview for the day at the time the boat starts. They will give you a Dive briefing before each dive, and be in the front to lead the group while diving. Ask you frequently for Air consumption and knock against the Tank to get your attention. If there is any problem they will assist you, to secure your and others safety. If you and your buddy would like to explore the dive-site yourself the Divemasters will give you a briefing on the boat and check the predive safety procedure before your buddy team enter the water.

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Entry and Exit

• Dive Boat

Predive Safety Check! We enter the water from the side of the Boat with a Giant Strike, if all is OK, clear the place and swim on the surface to the starting point. After the dive, back on the surface we swim back to the ladder on the side of the boat, stand on the ladder and take off the fin’s (give it up to the crew) climb up the ladder with the regulator in your mouth. Never stay under a diver which try to climb up.

• Dinghy Boat

Predive Safety Check! We enter the water with a backroll entry. When everything is OK, clear the place and swim on the surface to the starting point. After the dive, back on the surface, we swim back to the dinghy boat. When you reach the dinghy boat remove your weight belt and BCD. Start to get up the dinghy with the help of a few kicks with your fin’s.

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Dive Procedures

• Review the necessary Handsignals for scuba diving.
  
• What you maight spot while diving or snorkelling
• When you end any dive a safety stop on 5 m of depth for 3 min is recommended.

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Emergency Procedures

• Police, Phone: 191
• Tourist Police, Phone: 1155
• EMS, Phone: 1669
• DAN International, Phone: +1-919-684-9111
• Suspicion of DCS
• Recrompression chaimber, Koh Chang Hospital, Phone: 039 521-657 or 039 586-131

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