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
Lighthouse Point
- Site Layout:
- Submerged rocky coral reef
- Diving depth:
- 5m to 30m+
- Currents:
- Can be strong
- Visibility:
- Up to 25m
- Surface:
- Usually relatively sheltered, can be some surface current
- Site access:
- Normally dinghy
A more challenging dive site, Lighthouse Point has plenty of big fish action. A coral ridge runs from the north and is interspersed with shallow canyons, while the bay itself has a mass of white sponges and healthy hard corals. The reef is covered in large Gorgonian Sea Fans with plenty of Barrel Sponges between the healthy hard corals. The marine life here is vary varied with Rainbow Runners, Blue Fin Trevally, Bump Head Parrot Fish and even a chance of Manta Rays and Eagle Rays.
Select other Andaman Island Dive Sites you can see on your liveaboard trip.
- Barren Island
- Campbell Shoal
- Invisible Bank : Flat Rock
- 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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