Divinguru Unawatuna

Divinguru Unawatuna, formerly known as the Original Unawatuna Diving Centre by Hans, is PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Resort, S-36133, PADI Award Winner 2016, 2017, 2018 for Outstanding Contribution of Diver Education, PADI Green Star Award and 100% Project Aware. We are located in Unawatuna, on the main road (A2) from Galle to Matara at the end of Unawatuna, Beach Side and we are open from 15th October to 10th April from 8am to 7pm. We are the only dive center that has free Enriched Air Nitrox in Unawatuna. We provide a highly safe and secure diving platform for beginners and certified divers and pride ourselves on having a highly qualified multilingual instructor team. We offer Reef, Rock, Wreck, Deep & Night Dives at our 16 different Unawatuna and Galle dive sites with different depths varying from 6 up to 32 meters. Starting every day at 8:30 and 13:30 for one or two dives. At our Diving Base you have the possibility to practice mostly boat dives with all grades of difficulties suitable for beginners and experienced divers. We conduct all levels of PADI Courses from DSD to Instructor Development Programs. We have a team of international and local PADI Dive Instructors, PADI Divemasters and local boatmen.

Diving

Most of the reef dive sites have a mix of hard and soft corals going to the depth of 18 meters. In 1997 the “El Nino” surface current with high water temperatures reached the west and south coast of Sri Lanka and bleached a lot of the coral reefs. Since this time coral started rejuvenating at a very slow rate. At the deeper dive sites, the topography consists of mostly rocky areas with deep valleys to explore. Close to the Galle harbor, there are magnificent wrecks on sandy grounds giving home a number of species of corals and fish life. The famous “Rangoon” Wreck lies at a depth of 32 meters, the SS Orestes, at a depth of 24 meters, and the Galle Ship Wreck at a depth of 15 meters.

At the reefs, you will find a lot of macro life, many different nudibranchs, different coral reef fish of the Indian Ocean, stingrays on the sandy bottom, and might also be visited by some Napoleon Wrasses. Most of the soft corals and fish life are at the two deeper wrecks, accompanied by schools of Sweet Lips and Moray Eels. Barracudas, Trevallies, Stingrays are also mostly spotted there. During the months of January up until March, Whale Sharks may pay a visit if you get lucky.