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Diving with sharks and rays in the Andamans

Updated 2026-09-24 · 39 plates in this cluster

Diver Atlas editorial · shark and ray sites drawn from the marine-life profile on each plate · September 2026

The Andamans are not a big-shark destination the way the Galápagos is — but they have a genuine reef-shark dive, a resident leopard-shark site, and rays on reefs at every level. This page pulls the plates where sharks or rays are part of the marine-life profile, with the depth and card each one asks for.

Every site is a living encyclopedia plate: depth, difficulty, marine life, hazards. Sharks here are shy — whitetips leave if you crowd the sand. Watch from a distance and let them settle.

Andaman shark and ray dives at a glance

Sites where sharks or rays appear in the plate's marine-life profile. Open a plate for current, hazards, and geo.

Dive siteDepthLevelWhat you'll see
Johnny's Gorge24–30 mAdvanced / DeepWhitetip reef sharks on the sand, trevally
Pilot Reef8–25 mBeginner (Open Water)Resident leopard sharks, marble ray
Dixon's Pinnacle16–35 mAdvanced / DeepPelagic sharks, rays, occasional mantas
Broken Ledge16–30 mAdvancedMarble ray, banded sea krait
K Rock (Neil)12–19 mBeginner (Open Water)Blue-spotted stingray

Named plates

The shark dives

Johnny's Gorge is Havelock's premier shark dive: a circular gorge at 24–30 m where whitetip reef sharks rest on the sand and trevally hunt in the current. It is Advanced / Deep, and the etiquette is the briefing — crowd the floor and the sharks move off.

Pilot Reef is the surprise: a beginner-friendly Open Water site (8–25 m) with a resident leopard-shark family and a marble ray, near the shipping channel. Dixon's Pinnacle adds pelagic sharks — and, rarely, mantas and whale sharks in the blue — on its advanced current dive; give them space, no chasing.

Rays across the reefs

Rays are far more common than sharks here and reach every level. Broken Ledge and Pilot Reef list marble rays; blue-spotted stingrays turn up on Neil sites like K Rock, Neil Lighthouse, and the boulder maze at Bus Stop. Even shallow South Andaman sites like Chhe Nala have resident stingrays.

Sharks are resident rather than seasonal, so timing is about conditions, not migration: the calmer November–April window gives the best visibility on the deeper sites where the reef sharks are.

Also on this chart

Dive centres in the Andamans

Swaraj Dweep / Havelock

Shaheed Dweep / Neil

South Andaman

Questions people search

Can you dive with sharks in the Andamans?

Yes. Johnny's Gorge near Havelock is a reliable whitetip reef shark dive (Advanced / Deep), and Pilot Reef has a resident leopard-shark family on a beginner-friendly reef. Dixon's Pinnacle adds pelagic sharks in the blue.

Are there dangerous sharks in the Andamans?

The sharks you'll see — whitetip reef sharks and leopard sharks — are shy and not considered a threat to divers. The etiquette is to keep your distance so they don't leave, not to fear them.

Where can beginners see sharks or rays in the Andamans?

Pilot Reef is a beginner Open Water site with resident leopard sharks and a marble ray. Blue-spotted stingrays are common on shallow Neil sites like K Rock and Neil Lighthouse.

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