Cobia Point

Coral Garden (Koh Rong)

Koh Toch

Lazy Beach

Long Set Beach

Mellow Point

Nudibranch Heaven

Shark Island

Sunset Beach

The Caves (Koh Rong)

The islands offer a mix of island resort dining and fresh seafood caught daily by local fishermen. Beachfront restaurants serve grilled fish, prawns, and crab with Khmer and international preparations. Fresh tropical smoothie bowls, açaí, and Western breakfast options cater to the island tourist market. Khmer curries, stir-fries, and rice dishes are staples. The resort restaurants on Koh Rong Samloem offer higher-end dining with Italian, Thai, and fusion cuisine. Beach bars serve fresh coconut water, tropical cocktails, and Angkor Beer. The laid-back island atmosphere makes dining a relaxed experience with feet in the sand and ocean views.

Song Saa Private Island

The One Resort

Tamu Hotel Koh Rong

Sol Beach Resort

Koh Rong and Koh Rong Samloem are Cambodia's premier island diving destinations, offering ten distinct dive sites across both islands with exceptional variety from macro slopes to deep walls. Koh Rong Samloem is the diving highlight, featuring Nudibranch Heaven — Cambodia's premier macro site with countless nudibranch species — alongside Cobia Point for pelagic encounters with barracuda and cobia, and Shark Island for reliable whitetip reef shark sightings. Mellow Point delivers the deepest diving in the region at 18 to 30 metres with giant grouper and occasional eagle rays on a dramatic wall drop-off. Lazy Beach and Sunset Beach provide calm bay diving with seahorses, turtles, and pipefish. Koh Rong complements with Long Set Beach for training, Coral Garden with healthy table coral formations, The Caves with dramatic swim-through caverns, and Koh Toch with sheltered patch reefs. The islands are reached by 2-hour ferry from Sihanoukville and offer a tropical island experience with world-class diving. Water temperatures remain warm at 26 to 31 degrees Celsius with visibility ranging from 5 to 25 metres depending on the site.

Koh Rong & Koh Rong Samloem

Dry season with calm seas, excellent visibility of 15-30 meters, and comfortable temperatures for extended diving.

Southwest monsoon bringing rougher seas, reduced visibility, and some dive sites may be inaccessible.

Transitional months with generally acceptable conditions and occasional rain showers.

Koh Rong and Koh Rong Samloem are reached by ferry from Sihanoukville, approximately 2 hours crossing. Speed boat services also operate with faster 45-minute transfers. Dive sites around the islands are reached by short boat rides from the island bases. Koh Rong Samloem is the quieter island with better diving infrastructure, while Koh Rong is larger with more accommodation options. Both islands are developing tourism destinations with improving amenities.

Dive Sites in Koh Rong & Koh Rong Samloem