Dive· Koh Butang· Thailand
Stonehenge Dive Site (Butang)
6° 30.1′ N · 99° 10.9′ E · approximate
Lipe's signature dive: a fantasy land of oddly shaped granite pinnacles at 18-24 m, covered in white, pink, orange, red and purple soft coral, with gorgonians, barrel sponges, seahorses and frogfish.
Practical
Ko Lipe Diving School: underwater pinnacle, 18-24 m, Open Water level; highlights include tigertail seahorse, honeycomb moray, frogfish, ornate ghost pipefish and nudibranchs. Dive-the-world: west of Koh Lipe, maximum about 25 m, unpredictable currents running in different directions between pinnacles, leopard sharks on the sand. POSITION IS APPROXIMATE AND INFERRED: no source gives coordinates; the pin sits at the stacked-boulder islet Ko Hin Sorn by Koh Sawang, where OpenStreetMap marks a 'Stone rock' attraction, consistent with 'west of Lipe' in the Butang group. Confirm the site with a Lipe dive shop and dive it with a guide; do not anchor on it.
Best for
The must-do soft-coral pinnacle dive
Nearby
- Koh Palai (Ko Bulo) Light0.3 NM away
- Koh Sawang & Koh Palai Moorings0.3 NM away
- Koh Lokoi0.8 NM away
- Koh Butang South-East Islets Anchorage (Ao Talo Lo Kuai)1.1 NM away
- Koh Butang East Anchorage (Ao Talo Lo Ko)1.6 NM away
- Koh Butang South-West Anchorage (Ao Ta Lo La Yo)1.6 NM away
- Sail Rock, Koh Dong (Butang)2 NM away
- Koh Rawi West Beaches Anchorage (Moorings guide)2.3 NM away