Hin Wong Pinnacle
Hin Wong Pinnacle is a submerged boulder outcrop just outside Hin Wong Bay on Koh Tao's east coast. It starts around 10–12 m and drops beyond 30 m, with most dives between 18 and 28 m. Sea fans, whip and black corals and purple soft corals grow on the boulders, which shelter groupers, snappers, white-eyed morays and cuttlefish. Turtles, banded sea snakes and whiprays are regular visitors.
Facts
- Region: Thailand – Koh Tao & Samui
- Area: Koh Tao east & south
- Depth: 10–30 m
- Level: intermediate
- Current: moderate
- Type: pinnacle
- Coordinates: 10.1065, 99.853 (approximate)
- Highlights: sea turtle, sea snake, white-eyed moray eel, Jenkins whipray, cuttlefish, snapper, grouper, sea fans, soft coral, black coral
- Tips: More exposed than west-coast sites; usually dived when the south-west monsoon makes the east side the calm side.