Top Scuba Dive Shops in Southern Province

Situated at Hikka Tranz, Hikkaduwa, we have the most ideal location for diving. Right in front of the Walduwa, Rock outcrops, and Coral gardens, which provide plenty of snorkelling, and free diving areas for the enthusiast. It also provides us with several Safe sites, for the beginner scuba diver to discover and truly appreciate the underwater experience. One can also relax in between dives, feeding, and swimming with the several large friendly green sea turtles that come right up to the shore, at the foot of our dive center.

Dive For You have several programs, and several dive sites, to educate, and share, our long abiding love for our Ocean world, and concerns for its environment, with the enthusiast. Providing, a safe, service oriented, and a friendly, but professional service, is our hallmark.

Found in 1991 By Mr. Gyanadasa. 

Submarine Diving School, the longest established PADI diving center in Unawatuna, is nestled under palm trees at the western end of of the serene bay. 

We Offer A Wide Variety Of PADI Courses As well as A Collection of dive sites to both beginner and advanced divers. 

We Offer 

• PADI Open Water
• PADI Advanced Open Water
• PADI Rescue Diver Course 
• PADI Dive Master

Here Are a Few Of The Popular Dive Sites We Offer,

• Gala Pita Gala- A Pinackle Dive Up To 24M ( Shallowest Point Is 10M )
• Maha Kupaatha - House To Thousands Of Fishes
• Goda Gala Site - Beginner-Friendly Dive Site With A Ship Wreck ( Only Dive With A Ship Wreck At 10M
• Rangoon Wreck - A 30M Wreck Dive To A 100-Year-Old Piece Of History

You Can Get Info At Our Web Site, www.divinginunawatuna.com

We are a PADI 5 Star Resort running since 1988 and keeping position #1 on TripAdvisor since 2015. Completely local run dive center with English/German speaking instructors.

We are a small, yet professional dive operator based in Madiha, A beautiful coastal village in Matara. We believe in friendships that lasts a lifetime, and bonds which makes you feel special. Here at Polhena Diving, you are not just a client. You are our friend. We share our travel stories over a coffee after a good dive. We leave you some of the best memories which you will cherish for ages. We educate, We inspire... Marine conservation is one of our major focuses. The ocean, it gives us everything. And as dive operators, We are the ambassadors for the ocean. We organize frequent beach cleanups and underwater cleanups to keep our oceans clean. We are working on a coral restoration program and we are also the proud partners of Sri Lanka's only Turtle identification project. We are not just scuba divers. We are active protectors of our beautiful oceans.

Our main focus is on diver training, recreational scuba diving and water sports related activities for an affordable prices. We offer a full range of PADI scuba diving courses and beginner programs starting from Discover Scuba Diving up to PADI Divemaster along with daily dive trips and other non-diver excursions which can be bundled with accommodation in our partner hotels.

Weligama Bay Dive Center was established in 2013 by Thaminda K.Kumara, an IDC Staff Instructor since 2014. With 20 years’ experience working in dive industry, he has built up a great reputation for safety and professionalism in Sri Lanka and the greater diving community. Sahan Damayantha, Thaminda’s nephew, is currently managing both dive shops, as well as working as a PADI OWSI instructor. They both currently operate two PADI 5 Stars Dive Resorts in Sri Lanka.

Within our two dive centers we offer the full range of PADI courses; from Discovery SCUBA Diving for the beginner, to the Divemaster program for those wanting to go pro.

Our centers offer courses and instructors in multiple languages, including English, German, Chinese, French and Italian

We are an official PADI Resort in Hikkaduwa. Our team is formed by a multilingual backgroud such as Sri Lankan, Russian, Enlgish, French and Spanish. 

Since 1973 Poseidon has been diving and teaching in the waters around Sri Lanka. With over 40 years experience we have built up the best reputation for safety in diving, professionalism and friendliness. Our five star dive center offers a range of diving experiences, from try dives and the beginner’s PADI Open Water Diver course up to instructor development courses.

The center has 4 instructors, 3 PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainers and one Master Instructor with a Course Director for the IDC. PADI open water diver courses start every day and advanced open water diver, rescue diver, emergency first response and divemaster courses run on demand. Course materials are available in Danish, Chinese,Russian, Japanees, English, French, Italy, German, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Polish. Divers who wish to expand their skills can attend any of a full range of PADI specialty courses.

For qualified divers we run daily diving trips with a team of 5 highly experienced and qualified Divemasters to lead and assist the divers and visit a wide variety of beautiful wreck, reef and rock formation sites. Now we have 3 dive centres around the island, click on each one to learn more about what each center has to offer Hikkaduwa Dive Centre  and Trincomalee Dive Centre.