Andaman & Nicobar Islands · boat
North Button
Button Islands Marine National Park
12.31720°N, 93.06180°E
North Button extends the Button Islands coverage so the atlas owns the park, not a single postcard site. Columns, vis, and pelagics when the day-trip runs.
- Depth
- 8–28 m
- Vis
- 18–40 m
- Current
- variable
- Health
- Unscored
Typical 16 m
27–30 °C
moderate surge
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- Geo (surface approx.)
- 12.31720°N, 93.06180°E
- Entry / access
- boat
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Island-scale approximation. Not a pinpoint.
Longer Marine National Park day trip than South Button — often 90–120 minutes each way depending on sea. Weather-dependent; skippers turn back if the north swell is up. Park permits and no-take rules apply. Live-boat or temporary mooring on the columns.
Open Water; Advanced for deeper columns
Hazards
- moderate · Exposure
Further north; swell and pickup matter more. SMB and a tight lost-diver brief are standard.
- moderate · Park rules
MNP: no take, no gloves on coral, pack out everything. Permit carried by the operator.
- moderate · Variable current
Columns can funnel current; the garden side is usually the fallback plan.
Marine life
Typical: columnar rock, hard coral, soft coral, pelagics in the blue, reef fish
Seasonal: reef shark, trevally on a running current
Sister island to South Button inside the same MNP
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