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Wooden fishing boats pulled up on a wide sand beach below a green wooded headland under a hazy sky — Goa & the Grande Island

Goa & the Grande Island · India · Reef · Pinnacle

Lobster Avenue

Coral reef wrapped around a rocky pinnacle

Area photo: KenWalker kgw@lunar.ca · CC BY-SA 3.0

Lobster Avenue is a coral reef and rocky pinnacle on the south side of St. George's Island, the smaller island beside Grande Island. The site stays between 8 and 14 m, with coral on the reef and rock on the pinnacle to explore.

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Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Lobster Avenue: typical dive 8–14 m (26–46 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit8 m14 mtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

15.3497° N, 73.7761° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

The site has two parts, the rocky pinnacle and the coral reef. The dive moves between them in a band from 8 m down to 14 m, the deepest point given for the site, so it stays a shallow reef dive throughout.

Marine life and season

The sources we used don't single out particular species here.

Month-by-month season rating for Lobster Avenue
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
GoodGoodGoodGoodFairOff-seasonOff-seasonOff-seasonOff-seasonFairGoodGood

Season follows Goa & the Grande Island: Boats run mid-October to mid-May and stop for the monsoon from June; no month inside the season stands out.

Sources

  1. Lobster Avenue dive site — ScubaGo

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