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Hikkaduwa

Site Name - The Conch Wreck
Type - Scenic Fish
Depth - 20M
Boat Time - 45 Min
Our Rating - Excellent

Site Name - Kiralagala
Type - Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 39.4M
Boat Time - 25 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. This dive is accessible only for divers with PADI Advanced Open Water certification or PADI Deep Diver specialty course experience.

Site Name - Deep Rock (Diyamba Gala)
Type - Scenic Rock Caves & Fish
Depth - 22M
Boat Time - 20 Min
Our Rating - Excellent
Site Name - Earl of Shaftesbury Wreck
Type - Fish
Depth - 12-14M
Boat Time - 35 Min
Our Rating – Good. An old British iron sail ship.

Site Name - Off Coral Gardens
Type – Scenic Coral Caves
Depth - 13M
Boat Time - 10 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. Fauna from little Moray Eels, Pufferfish, Porcupinefish, Sea Slugs. Has quite a few underground caves and valleys.

Site Name - Black Coral Point
Type – Scenic Rock
Depth - 30M
Boat Time – 10mins
Our Rating – Good. Beautiful black coral and quite abundant with small creatures for the macro enthusiast.

Site Name - Goda Gala
Type – Rock Fish
Depth - 22M
Boat Time - 20 Min
Our Rating – Average. A multi level rock complex including Honeycomb Moray Eels.

Site Name - Sunil Gala
Type – Rock Fish
Depth - 18M
Boat Time - 20 Min
Our Rating – Average.
Site Name – Tunatta Rock
Type – Rock Fish
Depth - 13M
Boat Time - 15 Min
Our Rating – Average. Very shallow dive site with Lobsters, Pufferfish, Boxfish, and Porcupinefish can be found here.

Unawatuna

Site Name - SS Rangoon Scenic
Type – Wreck Fish
Depth - 32M
Boat Time - 20 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. 100 year old British steamer lying upright on a beautiful sandy plain. Prolific fish life.

Site Name - Diymba Kupotha
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 20M
Boat Time - 15 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. Large Maori Wrasses and Potato Cods.

Site Name - Talpe Reef
Type - Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 18M
Boat Time - 30 Min
Our Rating – Good.

Site Name - Galu Gala
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 33M-60M
Boat Time - 45 Min
Our Rating - Good

Site Name - Great Basses
Type – Wreck Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 2M - 15M
Boat Time - 45-60 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. Ancient Ship Wrecks, Limestone Caves, prolific reef fish, passing pelagic's, fierce surge and strong currents. For experienced divers only.

Site Name - Ship Rock
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 10M-25M
Boat Time - 90 Min
Our Rating – Good.

Site Name - Little Basses Wreck
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 3M-20M
Boat Time - 120-150 Min
Our Rating – Good.

Kalpitiya

Site Name - Bar Reef Coral
Type – Scenic Fish
Depth - 5M
Boat Time - 20-30 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. One of the most pristine coral reefs in Sri Lanka.

Site Name - Dolphin Watching Marine Mammals
Depth - Surface
Boat Time - 60-120 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. Many pods of Dolphins 10-20 strong are almost always encountered a lucky few may encounter 200-300 strong shoals.

Site Name - Kalpitiya Ridge Coral
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 16.5M
Boat Time - 20-30 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. Bar Reef

Site Name - Trevally Pass
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 16.5M
Boat Time - 20-30 Min
Our Rating – Good. A rocky reef with usual reef fish and Big Eye Trevally

Site Name - Moray Ridge
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 16.5M
Boat Time - 20-30 Min
Our Rating – Good. A colorful and scenic rocky reef full of fish life.

Negombo

Site Name - Diyamba Gala
Type - Reef Fish
Depth - 25M
Boat Time - 45 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. An excellent off shore site with a pristine reef and full of reef fish. One of the best dives in Negombo

Site Name - Derana Gala
Type - Reef Fish
Depth - 25M
Boat Time - 45 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. One of the deeper and far dive sites in Negombo; it is also one of the best dives with loads of reef and shoaling fish.

Site Name - Muttiyan Gala
Type - Reef Fish
Depth - 14M
Boat Time - 30 Min
Our Rating – Good. Small rocky barrier reef with loads of reef fish and Stingrays

Site Name - Thanthiri Gala
Type – Reef Fish
Depth - 15M
Boat Time - 30 Min
Our Rating – Good. A shallow site full of fish life and ideal site for Macro photography.

Site Name - Lobster Reef
Type – Reef Fish
Depth - 16M
Boat Time - 30 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. A cluster of rocky boulders forming a long reef. Abundant fish life such as Nudibranchs to occasional large Sting Rays.

Site Name - Standard Reef
Type – Reef Fish
Depth - 15M
Boat Time - 40 Min
Our Rating – Good. A shallow reef patch abundant with fish life.

Site Name - Ahas Yatra Gala
Type – Reef Fish
Depth - 15M
Boat Time - 45 Min
Our Rating – Good. After math of a World War II boasting a Fighter Aircraft that lies alongside a natural reef with fantastic fish life.

Site Name - Bandara Rock
Type – Reef Fish
Depth - 15 M
Boat Time - 20 Min
Our Rating – Good. Fish such as Sweetlips, Lionfish (including a albino species), Scorpionfish, Morays and Sting Rays.

Site Name - Barracuda Point Reef
Type - Fish
Depth - 15 M
Boat Time - 20 Min
Our Rating – Good. Predatory Cardinalfish, Lionfish, Groupers, Star Fish, and Sting Rays.

Site Name - Adams Peak
Type - Fish
Depth - 15 M
Boat Time - 25 Min
Our Rating - Good.
Site Name - Route 66
Type - Reef Fish
Depth - 15 M
Boat Time - 25 min
Our Rating - Excellent.

Trincomalee

Site Name - Admiralty Floating Dock 23
This is one of the largest ship wrecks in the world; it is 80,000 ton and is over 1000 ft long and 200 ft wide.

Site Name - Swami Rock
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 22 M
Boat Time - 15 Min
Our Rating – Excellent.

Site Name - Sitanampara
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 18 M
Boat Time - 20 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. An outstanding rock called Sita full of Stingrays, Moray Eels and other reef and pelagic fish.

Site Name - Eel Rock
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 18 M
Boat Time - 15 Min
Our Rating – Good. A good place to see at least 5 kind of different Moray Eel species, Sea Anemones, Nudi Branch's, and rarely seen species of a Pyramid Boxfish.

Site Name - Small Grouper Rock
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 15 M
Boat Time - 15 Min
Our Rating – Excellent.

Site Name - Muttigala
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 15 M
Boat Time - 40 Min
Our Rating – Good. Magnificent Sea Anemones, Maldives and Clarks Anemonefish, Panther Torpedo Rays, Blue Spotted Sting Rays and Trumpetfish.

Site Name - Coffin Ray Point
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 20 M
Boat Time - 25 Min
Our Rating – Good. East of Pigeon island and has a rock formation about 20 meters and deeper. You are guaranteed to see an Electric Coffin Ray.

Site Name – White Rock
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 12 M
Boat Time - 20 Min
Our Rating – Good.
Site Name - Knife Rock
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 15 M
Boat Time - 20 Min
Our Rating – Good. A nice site with lots of fish.

Site Name - Ship Wreck
Type – Scenic Wreck Fish
Depth - 9.5 M
Boat Time - 40 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. The ship is really a wreck but full of fish all the time.

Site Name - Pigeon Rock
Type – Scenic Coral Fish
Depth - 10 M to 15 M
Boat Time - 20 Min
Our Rating - Good to Excellent. Robust growth of beautiful coral. Ideal place for Snorklers as well as divers. There are good sites all around the island and you will always see lots of Bannerfish, Butterflyfish, Flutefish, Crocodile Needlefish, Turtles and Pufferfish.

Batticaloa

Site Name - H.M.S Hermes Wreck
Type – Scenic Fish
Depth - 53M
Boat Time - 45-60 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. At great depth, resounding with the echoes of World War II, this is the ultimate wreck dive in Sri Lanka, and undoubtedly one of the best wreck dives in the world.

Site Name - Boiler Wreck
Type – Wreck Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 9M
Boat Time - 20-25 Min
Our Rating – Good.

Site Name - Mushroom Reef - Passikudah
Type – Scenic Rock Fish
Depth - 14M
Boat Time - 15Min
Our Rating – Good.

Site Name - Passikudah Reef
Type - Rock Fish
Depth - 6M
Boat Time - 5Min (or shore dive)
Our Rating – Good.Shoaling fish and diverse coral life.

Site Name - White Rock (Ven Paarai)
Type - Rock Fish
Depth - 16M
Boat Time - 20
Our Rating – Good. Parrot Fish, Fusilier, Trevally, Sweetlips, Emperor and Bannerfish.

Site Name - Marrakkala Gala
Type - Rock Fish
Depth - 20M
Boat Time - 20 Min
Our Rating – Excellent. The reef is dominated by trillions of rainbow runners who inquisitively follow you around the rock.