Kalpitiya Diving Center - Kalpitiya & Northwest
The team at Kalpitiya Diving Center are your gateway to Sri Lanka’s burgeoning northwest dive scene. We love their enthusiasm for exploring the relatively uncharted wrecks and reefs around Kalpitiya, and it feels like you're truly discovering something new on every dive. This is the place for divers who appreciate a personal touch, especially those keen on a PADI course with instructors who know these local waters inside out. Kalpitiya itself is a chilled-out spot, and KDC fits right in, feeling more like a club than a commercial operation. We’ve spent some fantastic surface intervals chatting with the crew about their latest finds, like the vibrant soft corals that sway on the Boiler Wreck. Visibility can vary, but when it’s good, the schools of trevally around the Pearl Banks are genuinely impressive, creating shimmering walls of silver. Our favourite dives here often involve a little current, bringing in pelagics and cleaning stations bustling with fusiliers. They're also brilliant at arranging trips to see the spinner dolphins, which is a real bonus on a surface day. Definitely ask them about the best time for spotting the resident dugongs if you’re hoping to tick that off your list.
- Location
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean & East Africa
- Coordinates
- 8.215594, 79.708600
- Phone
- +94 77 663 6255
- [email protected]
- Website
- http://kalpitiyadivingcenter.com
- Certification Agencies
- ["PADI"]
- Courses
- PADI 5 Star Dive Resort [padi:27404]
- Address
- Infront St. Stevan Church, Raladi Estate, Kandakuliya, Kalpitiya, 61358, Sri Lanka
Dive Sites Near Kalpitiya Diving Center
Kalpitiya Diving Center provides access to 15 dive sites in Kalpitiya & Northwest.
- Anchor Point
- 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)
Other Dive Centres in Kalpitiya & Northwest
- 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 Marine Life
- 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