Barren Island - Andaman Islands
Barren Island brings divers close to India's only active volcano. We've often found schooling barracuda here, along with reef sharks patrolling the deeper sections. The black volcanic sand creates a stark contrast to the healthy hard corals. It's an intermediate dive, best for those comfortable with potential currents and a boat ride to get there.
- Location
- Andaman Islands, India, Indian Ocean & East Africa
- Coordinates
- 12.261700, 93.858400
- Type
- reef
- Maximum Depth
- 25m
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Nearby Dive Sites in Andaman Islands
- Anchor Point - 9m (reef)
- Anthony’s Reef - 28m (reef)
- Aquarium - 12m (reef)
- Aquarium - Neil - 11m (reef)
- Broken Ledge - 24m
- Bus Stop - 19m
- Busy Buro - 20m
- Campbell Shoal - 22m (pinnacle)
- Channel 62 - 18m (drift)
- Dicksons Pinnacle - 28m (pinnacle)
- Dixon's
- Duncan's Wreck (wreck)
- Eco Diver - 8m
- Fish Slate - 10m (reef)
- F’n Missed It !! - 28m
Nearest Dive Centres to Barren Island
- Barefoot Scuba - ["PADI"]
- Continental Scuba - SSI
- Dive India
- DIVEIndia - PADI, SSI
- India Scuba Explorers
- Lacadives at Havelock - ["PADI"]
Marine Life in Andaman Islands
Home to 191 recorded species including 111 reef fish, 41 hard corals, 9 seagrass & algae, 7 sea snails & nudibranchs, 5 whales & dolphins, 5 sea cucumbers.
Notable Species
- Atlantic Mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus) - Reef Fish
- Stony coral (Echinopora lamellosa) - Hard Corals
- Savigny's Brittle Star (Ophiactis savignyi)
- Black-lined Blenny (Istiblennius lineatus) - Reef Fish
- Flathead Sleeper (Ophiocara porocephala) - Reef Fish
- Blue Panchax (Aplocheilus panchax) - Reef Fish
- Sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca) - Seagrass & Algae
- Puntang Goby (Exyrias puntang) - Reef Fish
- killer alga (Caulerpa taxifolia) - Seagrass & Algae
- Long-spined sea urchin (Diadema setosum) - Sea Urchins
- Honeycomb coral (Favites abdita) - Hard Corals
- Celebes Goby (Glossogobius celebius) - Reef Fish
- Brown Spinecheek Gudgeon (Eleotris fusca) - Reef Fish
- Pufferfish (Arothron hispidus) - Reef Fish
- Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) - Whales & Dolphins
- Wrasse (Thalassoma lunare) - Reef Fish
- Big-eye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) - Reef Fish
- Humpbacked conch (Gibberulus gibberulus) - Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
- Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) - Reef Fish
- Bottleneck Sea Cucumber (Holothuria (Thymiosycia) impatiens) - Sea Cucumbers