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Magnificent Sea Anemone, Îles Phi Phi, Province de Krabi, Thaïlande imported from iNaturalist photo 249635693
หินเต่า. Photo: (c) Donald Davesne, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

หินเต่า

Dive site · Thailand

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

77Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
29°C

Tue 3 · 80 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
28°C

Wed 4 · 81 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
28°C

Thu 5 · 74 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
2 kn
Gusts
4kn
Air
29°C

Fri 6 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
28°C

Sat 7 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
29°C

Sun 8 · 72 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
29°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 180, good
  2. Mon 281, good
  3. Tue 380, good
  4. Wed 481, good
  5. Thu 574, good
  6. Fri 672, good
  7. Sat 772, good
  8. Sun 872, good
  9. Mon 968, good
  10. Tue 1070, good

The site in four facts

  • From a boathow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 29 °Crash vest or 1 to 2 mm
  • Faces Wswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at หินเต่า
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Sun 1Nov80, good0.3 m3 kn6kn30°C
Mon 2Nov81, good0.2 mflat3 kn7kn29°C
Tue 3Nov80, good0.1 mflat6 kn10kn28°C
Wed 4Nov81, good0.1 mflat3 kn7kn28°C
Thu 5Nov74, good0.1 mflat2 kn4kn29°C
Fri 6Nov72, good0.1 mflat5 kn11kn28°C
Sat 7Nov72, good0.1 mflat6 kn13kn29°C
Sun 8Nov72, good0.1 mflat6 kn17kn29°C
Mon 9Nov68, good0.2 mflat7 kn16kn28°C
Tue 10Nov70, good0.3 m11 kn15kn28°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Sun 1 NovHigh 02:00 +1.0 mLow 08:43 −0.8 mHigh 14:56 +0.5 mLow 20:48 −0.5 m
  • Mon 2 NovHigh 03:09 +0.8 mLow 10:02 −0.7 mHigh 16:38 +0.4 mLow 22:24 −0.3 m
  • Tue 3 NovHigh 04:49 +0.6 mLow 11:35 −0.6 mHigh 18:22 +0.5 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of หินเต่า

Acanthurus bariene 252689573
Photo: Donald Davesne, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Phi Phi Leh Island - panoramio (1)
Photo: Alexey Komarov, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About หินเต่า

You get in from a boat. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces W: swell from the W reaches it, and wind from the E blows out to sea. 11 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 5.8 km away. The sea is about 29°C in January, its coldest month (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm), and 31°C in May, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Ko Lanta. Within 5 km we also list 4 dive sites.

  • What it is No source states what kind of site it is.
  • How deep No source states how deep it goes.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 11 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 5.8 km away.

Water about 29°C: rash vest or 1 to 2 mm. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 15 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (about 15 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,160–US$2,310 each

about US$1,160–US$2,310 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to HKT, estimated from distance and season, changing at HKG, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$898–US$1,860
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$47–US$80
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$100–US$161
Food7 days eating outabout US$114–US$208
Totalabout US$1,160–US$2,310

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Ko Lanta

Closest

Ko Lanta

69 min by car · 26 places to stay

about US$33/nightcountry average

See 26 places to stay in Ko Lanta · Booking.com

About Ko Lanta its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$33 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 28h 15m

About 28h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → HKT, changing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), then 1h 30m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 15 m, about usual for the month (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.