Dicksons Pinnacle - Andaman Islands
Dicksons Pinnacle sits out there in the blue, a solitary tower rising from the seabed. We usually drop onto the top at around 18 metres, then spiral down to its base at 28. Keep an eye out for larger pelagics cruising by; we've seen dogtooth tuna darting past the edges here, and sometimes a grey reef shark makes a lazy pass. It’s an intermediate dive, the kind where you drift around the structure, watching the schools of fusiliers swirl, and it's a good spot for those who enjoy a bit of current and open water.
- Location
- Andaman Islands, India, Indian Ocean & East Africa
- Coordinates
- 11.921900, 93.110400
- Type
- pinnacle
- Maximum Depth
- 28m
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
Nearby Dive Sites in Andaman Islands
- Anchor Point - 9m (reef)
- Anthony’s Reef - 28m (reef)
- Aquarium - 12m (reef)
- Aquarium - Neil - 11m (reef)
- Barren Island - 25m (reef)
- Broken Ledge - 24m
- Bus Stop - 19m
- Busy Buro - 20m
- Campbell Shoal - 22m (pinnacle)
- Channel 62 - 18m (drift)
- Dixon's
- Duncan's Wreck (wreck)
- Eco Diver - 8m
- Fish Slate - 10m (reef)
- F’n Missed It !! - 28m
Nearest Dive Centres to Dicksons Pinnacle
- 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