Discover Hin Rua Tek – Koh Chang's Stunning Coral Wall Dive

Hin Rua Tek is one of the most beautiful dive sites on Koh Chang, located just south of Bang Bao. It only takes 20 minutes to reach by boat. The main feature is the large, flat Banana Rock that rises above the water. The site has one buoy line attached at 12 meters of depth, leading divers to a sandy bottom area. From here, divers can swim out to a stunning coral reef wall with a max depth of 14-15 meters.

Why Dive at Hin Rua Tek?

Iconic Coral Wall: Dive along the breathtaking coral wall filled with vibrant hard and soft corals.
Hidden Marine Life: Spot reef sharks, stingrays, barracudas, fusiliers, and nudibranchs hiding in cracks and crevices.
Shallow Coral Gardens: End your dive at 5-6 meters and enjoy colorful corals, nudibranchs, and sea cucumbers.

Dive Site Overview

Max Depth	Shallow Depth	Marine Life
15 meters	5–6 meters	Reef sharks, stingrays, barracudas, fusiliers, nudibranchs, sea cucumbers

Don't miss your chance to dive at Hin Rua Tek! Book a fun dive or scuba diving course with Chang Diving Center today!

Scuba diver exploring Hin Rua Tek reef walls at Koh Chang

Close-up of soft corals and reef life at Hin Rua Tek, Koh Chang

Barracudas and schooling fish swimming at Hin Rua Tek dive site

Colorful reef and sea fan corals at Hin Rua Tek, Koh Chang

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

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.

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

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