Very good dive, informative and thanks to Dimithu for taking us out! Saw the Lord Nelson statue and lots of cool fish. Easy to book and fun, friendly staff and would definitely recommend!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Bottled water
- Use of SCUBA equipment
- Use of Snorkelling equipment
- Coffee and/or Tea
Excludes
- Towels
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- We are next to “Kingfisher Beach Restaurant” on the Unawatuna beach
Return
- We are next to “Kingfisher Beach Restaurant” on the Unawatuna beach
Itinerary
People wander what exactly "Discover SCUBA Diving" is... this is your chance to learn the basic skills and techniques to dive, breathe and communicate underwater while exploring the beautiful marine life on Unawatuna Beach, taking approximately just 3 hours of your day to complete. First you can get comfortable with a hot cup of tea while you fill your Health Questionnaire out. Next, with you we will choose the best suitable equipment sizes. With this diving equipment we will then start the dive briefing explaining all information about the SCUBA equipment; dive techniques; how to communicate underwater with your dive buddies and information on the dive site. Your first experience with the diving gear will be in our shallow lagoon at about 1m depth, where you will learn and practice all of the important techniques you need to know. Once you feel fully comfortable, we will set off for the main dive at the beautiful dive site "Rock Island", just a 10 minute boat ride away. Rock Island dive allows you to explore around the interesting reef and watch the countless array of marine species. The depth starts at 2m up to 10m; at the deepest point you can see part of a ship wreck.
Language Offered
Additional Info
Cancellation Policy
Reviews
Had an amazing experience with Shan and Kavish. They were extremely humble, patient and super professional. The way they calm you down when you panic, is commendable. All in all, it was such an enriching experience for me. They are very easy to reach out over WhatsApp and they help you clear any and all the doubts, which you could have. All the best Sun Diving Sri Lanka!!
Friendly, professional and reassuring team. Wonderful experience all round! Thank you Sun Diving SriLanka!
Did the PADI open water course, company were really helpful over WhatsApp getting the theory sorted before and then the whole process of the course was very efficient, the guides were great in teaching you what to do and made sure you felt safe throughout, would highly recommend, our main guide was called La La and spoke great English and was a good teacher
Was first time scuba diving for me! I am 69 years old. It was an awesome experience. Our instructors (Madhu, Sela and Dish) who also accompanied us in the dive were excellent. Gave us a wonderful and safe experience. I highly recommend this tour and company!
Excellent experience! My guide Wishva was very reliable, explained everything patiently and in detail, made me feel comfortable, and was always attentive to my safety and enjoyment of the experience. Thank you!
Very good place - they were thorough and attentive. The staff are also very nice and friendly. Would definitely come again :)
Amazing experience! My husband and I are both beginners and they were so reassuring. They had an instructor each for us and a third additional one. Lovely team, super friendly and supportive. And they are more reasonably priced than other diving experiences in the area
Discover Scuba for my 12 year-old son, and a Refresher for me. Challenging diving conditions on the day (low visibility, lots of surge but it is low season and still got to see a wreck) but very professional setup. Manush and his team were very friendly and thorough, equipment and facilities were great, really impressed. My son hanse stopped smiling, or asking when we cab dive again. Thoroughly recommended and hope to dive with them again
We had a nice diving experience here. They were honest about the sight we would have as it is off season now. We were with two persons diving and one instructor and one person who stayed with the boat joined us. We first got an explanation on land, then we could exercise everything in shallow water and only after that we went diving. We felt very safe and had a nice long dive. Thank you.
I had a fantastic experience with the guys last week doing my PADI course. The man in charge, Shan, was very helpful with all of my questions and made the process of booking and sorting the course so easy! While doing the course my instructors were Minosh and Jess. Minosh made all the instructions and skills we have to follow very clear and straightforward to understand, making sure we knew what we were doing as safely as possible. While diving Jess helped me to overcome my nerves on a couple of occasions by calming me down under the water and not leaving until I was ready to continue, which I found very reassuring! Brilliant experience and felt I was in a safe pair of hands the whole way through.
The team is great. Originally, I just signed up for the discovery class to see if I would like diving. The team was so knowledgeable and I felt completely safe in their hands so I decided to just go ahead and get my diving certificate. 4 dives and an online test later....I passed! Your safety is their main concern. My teacher, Minosh was amazing. I can't say enough great things about Sun Diving Sri Lanka.
Our diving experience with Sun Diving SriLanka was fantastic. We scheduled two sessions with them, including an introductory one for my partner. The instructors displayed remarkable patience, taking the time to alleviate any lingering fears she had. As we prepared on the boat for the dive, we were treated to an incredible sight: a whale shark passing by very closely. The dive itself was superb. The instructors remained vigilant, ensuring our safety, while also pointing out various sea life and other interesting sights. Unfortunately, during the dive, my partner lost her earring in the sea. However, the crew later located it, allowing us to retrieve it. We're truly grateful for such a wonderful experience. Many Thanks to Sun Diving SriLanka for providing such exceptional service.
I took a padi open water course and my partner took the padi advanced open water course. We felt super safe and the instructors were always so attentive to our physical and mental state. They have a big pool and I could exercise all skills for the open water certification in a really comfortable environment. Many thanks to Minosh for bring such an amazing instructor!
There are dive centers all over Sri Lanka and I'm so glad I chose this one. Everybody is very friendly, passionate and fun. But also maintain professionalism. I did the PADI open water diver course and felt like I received the best instruction from Roshan. I felt very confident with him as my instructor and it was good to see his passion for the ocean. The diving itself was amazing at the different sites and we were able to see the giant Napoleon fish.
Thank you sun diving . I was always wanted try SCUBA diving but my fear didn’t make it happen. But after my friend recommendation me and my parents join with sun divers. We had a as wonderful experience that blow my mind. We are looking forward to dive with you soon in next year. Can’t wait. Special thanks for our dive instructors Isuru and Wishwa. See you soon again
Very lovely team and patient instructors, welcoming cups of tea after every dive, would highly recommend learning to dive with this school, they take you to some awesome dive sites with an impressive amount of wildlife!
It was truly amazing!!! They are professional and highly concerning your need. A big thank to Dilshan, Minosh, Isuru and the Sun Diving team. You fulfilled my desire. You should try. It will cherish your lifetime! Highly recommended!!! ❤️🤿👌🫶
As beginners it was really amazing underwater experience for me and my friends. Thanks sun diving center and team for make it easy and amazing. Sun diving center team is very supportive and taking every safety measures.
I did my first ever dive with sun divers and that was amzing. I have no words to describe how great it was. Higly recommed this dive center. Looking forward to do my dive certification course with you guys on my next visit in sri lanka.
Best place for beginners who wants to dive. I got a really good trainer (kavindu) and Sameera. Both were really friendly and helpful. Highly recommended this place and will definitely come back. Thank you & good luck 💕
Our experience with Sun Diving was great especially with the personal training provided to my wife by an amazing female trainer Nada for Egypt! I had my own personal Sri Lankan trainer too! Highly recommended!
Best experience ever with an amazing crew,helped throughout the experience. Special thanks to Prasad who helped me to have an awesome Diving experience. They are very professional and very friendly. As this was our first diving experience they made sure we are fine cause each one of us got one person to go with. And I wasn’t scared anymore but had the best time ! Definitely going for the second time. If it’s not this crew who else 😍🙌🏼
Visited sun diving, Mr.Salin was very helpful and guided is through whole activity and made us feel joy under sea. A must activity while visiting Galle, unawatuna beach. Reasonable price
I went to sun diving in early Oct, was told that the masters there are nice and professional and reasonable price. It turns out that is true, saw a lot of fishes and coral underwater, the briefing was clear and good as well. Anyway I had a wonderful experience there, and made friends with my handsome master haha. Recommend to everyone, will come back for my advanced open water, hope everyone enjoys it xoxo
At first I was so scared as it was my first diving experience. But there is nothing to worry about as the diving master is with every single person all the time. Just going to beach is not an experience; diving is food for your adventure.
Perfect scuba diving experience as a beginner. Reasonable price. Friendly and informative instructors. Recommend to everyone.
Cooking, warm and gourmet
Unforgettable experience despite a seascape not crazy! The instructors were great and very professional. The dive lasted a long time and everything went very well. The only small downside does not depend on the agency but on the seabed which is not transcendent in terms of fish/corals/plants... but I recommend anyway!
Well-coordinated professional team. Good, relaxed atmosphere at the dive spot. Dive sites and visibility underwater were absolutely fine.
Top diving center in Unawatuna! 🤿🐟🐠🪼 I completed the Padi OWC here and can highly recommend the center. Communication for booking is super uncomplicated and quick via Whatsapp. The team is very friendly and personable. You always feel safe and are well instructed. The various diving locations, which are reached by boat, give you so many varied impressions. Thank you for the great experiences - I'll be happy to come back. Best wishes Simona 👌🏼
We spent 3 hours of pure happiness discovering the diving and seabed of Sri Lanka. Melanie is a very good instructor , caring and French. We recommend Sun diving for the very first scuba dive with bottle. Everything is super nicely framed.
We dived with sun diving and recommend it a thousand times!!!! We dived into other clubs in Sri Lanka and of all it is the safest! It feels great it's by far the best dive we've done in this beautiful country The site was fabulous Melanie instructive French is super nice and kind and she has a trick to balance the ears that worked super well for me that usually takes a crazy time to get off and there miracle I got first down! So yes yes yes yes go with your eyes closed! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
My girlfriend and I had some super good diving experiences with Sun Diving SriLanka! We had four dives (divided into four days), and all of our dives were successful. Especially the wreckage from 1875 was cool, but we also saw a sea turtle and other funny animals. Their diving instructors are super skilled and service-minded, and we felt safe because they put safety first. My girlfriend had problems with her sinuses, so we dive only one dive a day, which they were very understanding and flexible about. The price is good! We can definitely recommend Sun Diving.
If you want to dive in Unawatuna, I really recommend the shop sun diving center Unawatuna, they are exceptionally kind. Very professional, they are cool and adapt to your desires. Small group diving, small boat. And the top Melanie French instructor, gentle, patient , super experienced and is not miserly good advice. I have already seen many commercial structures this one is for me the best. Thank you.
Unbelievable experience with the best coaches. It was our first dive - we were told everything in great detail including a short health check. Then we went into a lagoon for the first practical test. We practiced breathing and cleaning glasses and then we started to the reef. 50 minutes we dived and saw all kinds of fish in wonderful colors. The guides were just great and gave a good and safe feeling. TIP: make sure to use the Gopro, the pictures and videos are simply fantastic. The instructors are all trained and can speak super English. Simply recommended! Thanks for the experience
Monday through Friday 9 am to 7 pm EST
Reach us by phone
Reach us by email
