Discover Scuba Diving in Sri Lanka
Never dived before? This is the way to start. Discover Scuba Diving takes you underwater with an instructor for the first time — a pool session first, so you find your breathing somewhere calm, then a real dive in the ocean once you're ready. No certification, no experience, and it counts toward the full PADI Open Water course later if you catch the bug.
We run it on both coasts, on opposite seasons. Off Mirissa in the south, green turtles feed on the reef right off our centre and usually find you within minutes. Off Nilaveli in the east, it's coral gardens, reef sharks and some of the clearest water on the island — and either way a GoPro comes along to film your dive. Pick your coast below.
Mirissa
Opens November1 November – 10 April
DSD — 1 Dive
Never dived? You start in the pool with an instructor beside you — not straight off a boat — and head to the ocean only once you're comfortable. One dive on a calm south-coast reef, and the turtles usually find you. No certification, no experience.
GoPro photo & video included
DSD — 2 Dives
The full first taste: a pool session, then two ocean dives off Mirissa with an instructor at your side the whole way. One to find your breathing, one to actually look around — and, this being Mirissa, to meet a turtle or two. No licence needed.
GoPro photo & video included
Nilaveli
In season30 April – 15 October
DSD — 1 Dive
Your first breath underwater, in the east coast's clear water. Pool first with an instructor, then one dive over the coral — no certification, no experience, nothing to prove.
GoPro photo & video included
DSD — 2 Dives
Two try-dives off Nilaveli after a pool session. The first to settle in, the second to enjoy the coral and the reef sharks once you've stopped thinking about breathing. Instructor beside you throughout.
GoPro photo & video included
Discover Scuba Diving — FAQ
Discover Scuba Diving — a pool session with an instructor first, then one or two dives in the ocean. No certification, no experience.
Yes. Discover Scuba Diving starts you in the pool with an instructor, then takes you into the ocean. No experience needed.