Pufferfish contain tetrodotoxin, a substance that makes them foul tasting and often lethal to fish. To humans, tetrodotoxin is deadly, up to 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide. There is enough toxin in one pufferfish to kill 30 adult humans, and there is no known antidote.
Liveaboard Diving in Burma
NOT North Rock
- Site Layout:
- Limestone Pinnacle with canyons surrounded by sand and rubble
- Diving depth:
- Surface to 27m
- Currents:
- Can be strong
- Visibility:
- Generally around 20m
- Surface:
- Quite open, can be choppy with strong surface currents
- Site access:
- Dinghy
To the south east of MacLeod Island is North Rock, which is not this dive site. Instead head south west and you will find a small cluster of limestone rocks which is definitely NOT North Rock!! Although you have to pick your dive times here carefully due to current, the site holds a huge amount of marine life to keep all levels of divers amused. The rocks themselves are covered in pink and orange Hemprich's Soft Corals along with various Knotted and Gorgonian Sea Fans, and Bush Corals in between. Snapper and Fusilier enjoy the nutrients passing by this site, and consequently Barracuda and Trevally are often trying to enjoy them as they leave the shelter of the reef. The macro life on this site is also fantastic, with Nudibranchs, Flatworms, and Bend Stick Pipe Fish around the rocks and the scattered corals along the sandy bottom.
Select other Burma Dive Sites you can see on your liveaboard trip.
- Black Rock
- Macca Tee
- MacLeod Bay
- North Twin Pinnacles
- North Twin Reef
- Sea Fan Forest
- Shark Cave
- Sharp Peak Pinnacle
- St George's Rock
- Western Rocky
For general tourist information for the Mergui Archipelago see the Official Mergui Archipelago Website.
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