www.DiveSriLanka.com - Pasikudah & Vakarai




	Dive Pasikudah & Vakarai (www.DiveSriLanka.com) Pioneer diving on lush reefs and magnificent shipwrecks from world war II East Coast Diving - May through October


	Distant, isolated& pristine		Kayankerni bay is a splendid place

	Mystery ship wrecks. Lush and shallow coral reefs. That about defines the seas of Vakarai. Still completely unexplored and undocumented this region offers a wealth of surprises for the pioneer diver. See the dive sites list below for more information.

	Dawn beach

Site Name	Type	Depth	Boat Time	Our Rating	Worth mentioning...
Consolidated Catalina PBY-5A crash site	Aircraft Wreck Scenic Fish Life	42M	40 Mins	Good	DiveSriLanka.com unravels the mystery of aircraft wreckage found off the coast of Kalkudah in the east coast of Sri Lanka. This scenic dive site is full of marine life and contains wings, wheels with parts of undercarriage, propellers and engines. It is an intriguing dive site to explore and discover.
Gladys Moller and the graveyard of ships in Pasikudah	Wreck Scenic Fish Life	10M	15 Mins (from PK)	Good	Here, right in front of the tourist beach stretch of Pasikudah lies a graveyard of ships that provides an amazing wreck dive experience for a wreck diver of any level. The Gladys Moller flounderd off the shallow bakers rocks in 1942.Today she remains strewn over a considerable area among the rocks. Hardly any ship shape remains but its a nice and easy shallow dive for any level of experience.
British Sergeant	Wreck Scenic Fish Life	24M	30-40 mins	World Class	A massive shipwreck about 100 meters in length. Lying on its port side. The ship is broken in to half with about 10 meter gap in between. We have now ascertained this to be the British Sergeant!
Lady McCullum SS	Wreck Fish Life	17M	30 mins	Average	A small ship. Sits upright and badly broken up. Considerable marine life on the ship as well as the small rocky reef about 5 meters right from bow-stern axis.
Leather Coral Reef	Reef Scenic Fish Life	14M	30 mins	Excellent	A fantastic shallow reef lush with life such as Sea Anemones, medium sized Coral Rock Cods, big shoals of Snappers, Yellow Striped Goatfish and circling Trevally. The reef is covered with patches of lovely leather coral and also anemones.
Irrachchal Reef	Reef Scenic Fish Life	6M	20 mins	Good	A nice shallow reef spread over a wide area. A combination of Coral Bommies, Staghorn Coral and Cabbage Coral
Staghorn Reef	Reef Scenic Fish Life	6M	20 mins	Good	A huge area of staghorn coral and reef fish.