Water Sports

Sri Lanka is one of the finest destinations for water sports. The island’s geographic and climatic conditions offer an excellent environment for windsurfing, waterskiing, diving, snorkeling, rafting, canoeing, yachting and other water sports.

Windsurfing – is best done in the moths of May to September when the winds are the strongest, however with a wide choice of excellent surfing locations on both the east and southwest coasts windsurfing is possible all year around too.

Skin Diving & Snorkeling the wide coral shelf around the island provides foe excellent skin diving Explore the Ocean depth and discover the fascinating underwater world where some of the exotic marine life is found, shoals of varied marine life such as parrot fish, barracuda, Rays, Eels & green turtle.

Whitewater Rafting is very promising because of hundreds of boulder Stream Rivers and waterways that facilitate excellent rafting. This exciting adventure sport can accommodate beginners, the more skilled and even families who wish to experience rafting down sweeping rivers whose rapids keep changing just like the passing scenery.

Waterskiing or the dash across the water surface using jet-skies or wake-boards guarantees much fun. For the experience water skier, the adrenalin rush and the challenge to tame the water makes it all the more exciting.

Canoeing is done in one- or two-man guided canoes that silently glides across the backwaters, riverside villages and through thick masses of jungle green, exploring, observing and enjoying undiscovered spots.

Whale and Dolphin Watching Sri Lanka’s tropical Indian Ocean conditions favorable for rich aquatic life and varied sea dwelling species is fast becoming a major spot for watching Whales and Dolphins. Being situated within the International Whaling Commission’s protected zone in the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal, it is renowned for sighting of 26 of the 80 species of cetaceans identified worldwide.