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 the Andaman Islands
Campbell Shoal
- Site Layout:
- Fringing hard coral reef
- Diving depth:
- 5m to 25m
- Currents:
- Weak to moderate (though can be a little stronger at full/new moon)
- Visibility:
- Variable, 5m to 25m
- Surface:
- Generally calm and sheltered
- Site access:
- Normally by dinghy
About 10 nautical miles off the south-east coast of Middle Andaman Island, this dive site is perhaps most famous for the quality of its hard coral reefs, reputed as being the best anywhere in the Andamans. The shallower areas, which are coated with Coral Bommies and Table Corals, descend down the reef itself with Acropora Corals predominating. Various colourful reef fish inhabit the area but guests will be hard-pushed to draw their eyes away from the huge, perfectly intact Table Corals. Look underneath and you have the opportunity to see large Groupers looking back at you as well as sleeping Reef Sharks and much much more.
Select other Andaman Island Dive Sites you can see on your liveaboard trip.
- Barren Island
- Invisible Bank : Flat Rock
- Lighthouse Point
- Minerva Ledge
- Narcondam Island
- Neil's Pride
- North Button Island
- North Cinque Island
- Passage Island : Fish Rock
- South Button Island
For general tourist information and history on the Andaman Islands see the Andaman Islands Website.
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