Depth
12–18 m
Level
All levels
Visibility
15–25 m
Boat
20 min
Current
Light current
Water
26–29°C
Eighteen metres — a first wreck dive that does not need a specialty card.
Sitting at eighteen metres inside Galle's historic harbour approaches, which have been swallowing ships since the Portuguese. Open Water divers can dive it on a standard profile.
When this site dives
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Open through the Maha monsoon, when the east is shut. Closed May to October under the Yala monsoon.
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