A wide coral shelf surrounds Sri Lanka’s coast at intervals, from north
to south, providing excellent sites for skin-diving. The discovery of the
beautiful underwater natural world in Sri Lanka will make you absolutely
fascinated and spell bound. The blue green, turquoise and aquamarine waters
are home for the magical and mysterious underwater world of coral veets,
shells and a fantastic variety of fish. The adventure of scuba diving can
be easily clubbed with activities like underwater photography and fish identification.
The coral world offers beautiful species such as Rays, Eels, Clown Fish,
Porcupine, Moorish Idol, Unicorn and Moorish Angle. The common species belonging
to the families of Aroporidae (Staghorn Corals), Poritidae (Donnie Corals),
Mussidae (Brain Corals), faviidae (Ster Corals) and Pocelloporidae (Flower
Corals).
