There are eight islands around Karwar in the Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka which are located between 140 45’ N to 140 55’ N and 740 00’ to 740 07’ 30" E. The Devagad Island, regionally known as Devagadagudda Island, is one such island with a reserve forest that covers 2.5 sq. km. with 41m elevation above Mean Sea Level (MSL). The climate is wet monsoon type, with average total rain fall of around 3000 mm/year and temperature range between 20 0C to 38 0C