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
North Cinque Island
- Site Layout:
- Fringing hard coral reefs
- Diving depth:
- 5m to 22m
- Currents:
- Weak to moderate
- Visibility:
- Up to 30m
- Surface:
- Usually calm and sheltered
- Site access:
- Normally dinghy
Nestling on the edge of the marine park next to the sister island of South Cinque Island, this unprotected island has benefitted from its proximity. The south eastern section of the reef consists of large rocks that are in attendance to around 17m and are coated in tremendous hard and soft corals. The corals themselves are very healthy and completely free of damage, reputed to be amongst the healthiest in the region. There are large numbers of Angel Fish, Bat Fish, Snapper, and Surgeon Fish in evidence.
Select other Andaman Island Dive Sites you can see on your liveaboard trip.
- Barren Island
- Campbell Shoal
- Invisible Bank : Flat Rock
- Lighthouse Point
- Minerva Ledge
- Narcondam Islands
- Neil's Pride
- North Button 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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