Shark Fin Reef is an amazing dive spotting many reef and leopard sharks while drift diving along a narrow ridge.

Name divesite:	Shark Fin Reef (Hin Pae)
Depth:	5-35m (16-114ft)
Visibility:	10-30m (32-98ft)
Accessibility:	Live-aboard
Time to visit:	November - April
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Just east of Similan island number 3, Koh Payan, sits one of the best known diving sites for spotting sharks. Shark Fin Reef is a small rocky outcrop filled with scattered rocks and boulders among submerged mountains and valleys. A small sloping reef can be found in the northeast while a more dramatic drop-off can be visited after a nice swimthrough in the south-east. Continuing further you will often end at Boulder City, a similar dive site with a huge amount of large and smaller boulders.

Shark Fin Reef or Hin Pae is named after its huge numbers of white tip reef sharks and leopard sharks. It also houses brilliant gardens full of corals and sponges, even hard corals in the southeast. Half moon trigger fish, blue faced angelfish and batfish are some common species. Many divers agree to do a drift dive here as the often strong current provides an excellent trip among this long and spectacular ridge.

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