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Navy Underwater Dive Museum and Wreck
Trincomalee, Eastern Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Max depth23 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyBay of Bengal
Water temp27–30°C
Estimated from climate dataJan–Sep
About this site
Navy Underwater Dive Museum and Wreck is a reef, wall and wreck dive site near Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, in the Bay of Bengal. It has a maximum depth of about 23 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes jacks, moray eels, dolphins, lionfish, groupers. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 27 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Spinner DolphinStenella longirostris- Sixspot GobyValenciennea sexguttata
- Tille TrevallyCaranx tille
Two-spot SnapperLutjanus biguttatus
Bigeye ScadSelar crumenophthalmus
Bigeye TrevallyCaranx sexfasciatus- Latticetail MorayGymnothorax buroensis
- Blacktip TrevallyCaranx heberi
Nearby sites
- 1Navy Island Cave0.9 km
- 2Navy Island0.9 km
- 3Hospital Reef0.9 km
- 4Middle Reef0.9 km
- 5Life saving point reef1.5 km
- 6Swami Rock2.3 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org