Best clear-water scuba diving spots in Sri Lanka?

The best clear-water scuba diving places in Sri Lanka tend to be on the East Coast, mostly around Trincomalee, Pigeon Island, and the wreck of HMS Hermes just off Batticaloa.

You can expect really good visibility, reaching up to 30 metres on the East Coast during the dry months from May to September. Pigeon Island Marine National Park is known for outstanding shallow reef sessions packed with blacktip reef sharks and turtles, too. For advanced divers looking for world-class technical wrecks, aim for HMS Hermes near Batticaloa, which is one of the few reachable World War II aircraft carrier wrecks worldwide, and is especially famous for clear water.