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A blue-and-orange angelfish with bright blue rings and a white tail tucked under a rock overhang crusted with red and pink growth — Netrani Island & Murudeshwar

Netrani Island & Murudeshwar · India · Reef

Pebble Beach

Sudden drop-offs below a boulder-strewn island shore

Area photo: Jyothimohan · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pebble Beach lies off a stretch of Netrani Island's shore that is piled with large rocky boulders rather than the small pebbles its name suggests. The bottom drops suddenly in several places, and the tide brings strong currents, so it suits divers who are comfortable in moving water.

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Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Pebble Beach: typical dive to 30 m (to 100 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit30 mtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

No published position for this site — the map shows Netrani Island & Murudeshwar and its other sites; operators know the mooring.

The dive

The site runs along the boulder shoreline and starts in shallow water, but at several points the bottom falls away abruptly to around 30 m. Large mushroom corals litter the seafloor at 12 m, and a little deeper, at 26 m, rotting wooden fishing trawlers lie partly buried. Giant groupers roam the site hunting for octopus, and when the tide swings the current picks up strongly across the site.

Marine life and season

  • Groupers
Month-by-month season rating for Pebble Beach
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Season follows Netrani Island & Murudeshwar: Diving runs October to May and is best December to February; the south-west monsoon roughens the sea from June to October.

Know before you go

  • Strong currents run across the site, especially when the tide swings; novice divers need to be cautious.

Sources

  1. The Dive Spot at Pebble Beach — Private Scuba
  2. Netrani Island Dive Sites — Private Scuba

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