14
Years of
Experience
Our Introduction
Welcome to
Island Scuba Dive Center
As a diver-owned-and-operated PADI Dive Center based in Colombo (November-April) and Trincomalee (May-October), Island Scuba has focused on providing high quality, professional diving services while still maintaining a fun, relaxed vibe since 2012. Our team consists of dive professionals, marine scientists and underwater photographers, with extensive knowledge about diving around Sri Lanka as well as experience in other countries, and as a testament to our unique knowledge and professionalism, we have also worked with several international film crews and private yachts. We offer a full array of diving services, from introductory programs for beginners, to certification courses and, of course, daily dive trips for certified divers. Please check out the following pages for more info on our dive operations in Colombo and Trincomalee and as well as our programs for beginners and experienced divers alike.
- Colombo (November-April)
- Trincomalee (May-October)
Popular Courses
Checkout our Popular dives
The only professional Dive Center operating in Colombo. Our 5 star PADI resort will help you to get trained in scuba diving and we will be happy to show you all our wrecks in Colombo waters. Looking forward to meet you.
PADI Open water
Learn to Dive and get certified with the PADI Open Water Course.
FUN dive
We offer fun dives everyday, focusing on Colombo's incredible wrecks & marine life, including professional supervision & full gear rental.
PADI Advance open water
Intro to Scuba – the PADI DSD Program
Nitrox speciality
Learn to dive with gas mixes containing up to 40% oxygen. Enriched air course designed to help you to dive longer/deeper and with better margins of safety, especially when doing multiple dives.
wreck speciality
Colombo is one of the best places for wreck diving, and this course ensures you experience it the right way.
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FAQS & Contact Us
Is Colombo suitable for beginners?
The dives in Colombo are typically deeper than 20m – so we do recommend that divers have an Advanced Open water Card and Nitrox in order to dive them. However, there is nothing inherently difficult or very challenging about these sites – so even if you are a recently certified Open Water diver, these sites represent a great way to improve your skills and get used to diving a little deeper – especially when combined with our great deals on the Advanced & Nitrox courses. So from that point of view, any certified diver can dive these sites.
What's the Colombo diving like?
The main attraction in Colombo are the many wrecks, ranging from WWI armed merchantmen to modern freighters, tugboats and barges. Most of the wrecks are a bit deep with profiles between 20-30m and are exposed to strong currents so these are suited for divers with Advanced Open Water certification or above. Now, that doesnt mean that these are all tech-style dives: these wrecks are encrusted with colorful coral and have a staggering density of marine life (thanks to the wrecks catching nets, trawlers avoid them). So you could dive them for the wrecks, or you could dive them for the coral and the fish. Best of both worlds! The vis varies from between 8m to 15m, usually – not the greatest in the world, but not the worst either and more than enough to see lots of Cool Stuff. On some of the outer sites visibility exceeding 20m is not uncommon
Do you have nitrox?
Yes we do. In Colombo, not only is nitrox strongly recommended on most dives, but it also may be mandatory on some dives, in order for us to help manage groups. In Trincomalee, nitrox is available as an option, but we may require the entire group to be on the same mix, in order to help us manage the groups.
