Sri lanka being a tropical island and surrounded by the Indian ocean offer some excellent opportunities with a number of interesting snorkeling and underwater explorations.
At present the southern coastal line has become a habitat for turtles. Five out seven turtles living in the world can be seen in this coastal line. out of them green turtles, oliver ridley turtles , leather back turtles, kemp’s ridley turtles are significant.
When you come to mirissa you can enjoy your leisure with snorkeling because the water is crystal clear and depth is from 2 to 6 meters. You can also watch beautiful live corals with colorful reef fish, including manta ray and octopus rarely.