Beneath the Indian Ocean — Sri Lanka Shipwreck Diving

Arrive in Colombo. Transfer to Trincomalee on the east coast (approximately 6 hours). Check in to your dive-friendly guesthouse on the harbour. Equipment check, full wreck-diving briefing, and an early night before tomorrow's first dives.

Two morning boat dives at Trincomalee's most accessible wrecks. The SS Sagaing — a WWII British cargo vessel at 25 metres — is the classic introductory site, its hull now a cathedral of coral and fish. Dive briefing covers wreck protocols and emergency procedures. Afternoon: surface interval, equipment review.

Two advanced dives. Morning: deep wreck dive (28–32 metres) on one of the Japanese WWII vessels — gun turrets, ammunition chambers, and propellers visible in extraordinary clarity. Afternoon: open-water drift dive beyond the harbour mouth, where whale sharks are seasonally sighted.

Morning dive at Trincomalee — a shallower wreck with exceptional light for underwater photography. Afternoon transfer down the east and south coasts to Hikkaduwa (approximately 7 hours). Check in to your reef-facing guesthouse.

Two dives in Hikkaduwa's protected coral reef sanctuary. The reef begins metres from shore and extends to 12 metres — pristine coral formations, giant pufferfish, eels, rays, and four species of sea turtle. Excellent conditions for underwater photography.

Morning dive at Hikkaduwa's outer reef. Transfer to Weligama for a final open-water drift dive off the headland — one of the south coast's best sites for pelagic encounters including reef sharks and occasional mantas. Farewell dinner at a beachside seafood restaurant.

Morning at leisure in Weligama — optional final snorkel on the reef. Transfer to Bandaranaike International Airport (approximately 2 hours). Surface safely. Fly home.