Anchor Point - Kalpitiya & Northwest

Nearby Dive Sites in Kalpitiya & Northwest

• ASIA CARRIER 1 - 7m (wreck)
• BENITTO - 10m (wreck)
• GALATIA - 7m (wreck)
• HMS HECTOR - 9m (wreck)
• HONG LIAN - 6m (wreck)
• Kandakuliya
• Maha Gala
• Marine Power 2517 - 11m (wreck)
• MUSGRAVE - 10m (wreck)
• MV EXPRESS PEARL - 21m (wreck)
• SLNS SAGARWARDANE - 3m (wreck)
• TU 14 - 10m (wreck)
• TU 84 - 12m (wreck)
• TU 88 - 5m (wreck)
• UNILAXMI - 7m (wreck)

Nearest Dive Centres to Anchor Point

• Kalpitiya Diving Center - ["PADI"]
• Sri Lanka Diving Tours - ["PADI"]

Marine Life in Kalpitiya & Northwest

Home to 92 recorded species including 77 reef fish, 8 hard corals, 3 seagrass & algae, 2 sea snails & nudibranchs, 2 sharks & rays.

Notable Species

• Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) - Reef Fish
• Big-eye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) - Reef Fish
• Manini (Acanthurus triostegus) - Reef Fish
• Unicornfish (Naso annulatus) - Reef Fish
• Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) - Reef Fish
• Acropora Butterfly (Chaetodon trifascialis) - Reef Fish
• Species code: Ea (Enhalus acoroides) - Seagrass & Algae
• Blue-banded Pualu (Acanthurus blochii) - Reef Fish
• Black-back Butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus) - Reef Fish
• Brown Butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare) - Reef Fish
• Parrotfish (Thalassoma hardwicke) - Reef Fish
• Spotted Unicornfish (Naso brevirostris) - Reef Fish
• Big long-nosed Butterflyfish (Forcipiger longirostris) - Reef Fish
• Blue-lined Surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus) - Reef Fish
• Bristle-toothed Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus) - Reef Fish
• Checkered Seaperch (Lutjanus decussatus) - Reef Fish
• Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) - Reef Fish
• bluefin filefish (Balistoides viridescens) - Reef Fish
• Argus Grouper (Cephalopholis argus) - Reef Fish
• Blacksaddled coral grouper (Plectropomus laevis) - Reef Fish