Explore Hin Raab South – Koh Chang's Stunning Reef Dive
Hin Raab South is one of Koh Chang's most iconic reef dive sites. Located southwest of Bang Bao, this site features a large flat rock formation and two buoy lines. The first buoy line leads to a depth of 6-7 meters, while the second buoy line takes divers to a sandy area at 4-5 meters. Both buoy lines lead directly to the reef, with no long surface swims required.
Why Dive at Hin Raab South?
- Vibrant Coral Reef: Discover a colorful reef filled with hard corals, yellow soft corals, whip corals, and purple stag-horn corals.
- Exciting Marine Life: Spot moray eels, blue-spotted rays, triggerfish, barracudas, trumpetfish, and even the occasional turtle.
- Beautiful Reef Wall: Swim along the reef wall and explore hidden crevices filled with scorpionfish, anemones, barrel sponges, and more.
Dive Site Overview
| Max Depth | Shallow Depth | Marine Life |
|---|---|---|
| 18 meters | 4–7 meters | Moray eels, blue-spotted rays, triggerfish, fusiliers, barracudas, trumpetfish, turtles |
Don't miss your chance to dive at Hin Raab South! Book a fun dive or scuba diving course with Chang Diving Center today!
Diver Level for this dive site.
Min. certification level: Junior, Open Water Diver (or equalled) Try Diving possibility: Yes Snorkelling possibility: YesOur 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.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.
Dive Procedures
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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.
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
