Is night diving scary?

A bit, in a good way. The first time you turn off your torch and let your eyes adjust, you'll see bioluminescence: plankton lighting up every movement in the water. It's genuinely one of the stranger, more magical things you can experience. Once you've done a few minutes in the dark, the nerves settle and the curiosity takes over.

Do the dive sites look different at night?

Completely different. Creatures that hide during the day come out at night: crabs, lobsters, octopus, sleeping parrotfish in their mucus cocoons. Predators become more active. The reef looks different too. Torch-lit colours pop in a way that daylight and blue water don't allow.

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Night Diving Specialty in Trincomalee

⏱ 2 days↓ to 18 mAge 12+

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$195USD

About this course

The reef at night is a different place. Parrotfish wrap themselves in mucus cocoons. Moray eels leave their holes to hunt. Octopus move across the sandy patches. Kill your torch and wave your hand through the water; bioluminescent plankton light up every movement in blue-green flashes.

What you'll learn

Torch handling and signalling techniques in low visibility
Underwater navigation at night
Marine life behaviour changes between day and night
Buoyancy management when you can't see the bottom clearly
Managing the psychological challenge of limited visibility

What's included

✓PADI Night Diver Specialty certification
✓All scuba equipment
✓Dive torch and backup light
✓3 night training dives
✓Boat transfers

Requirements

Must hold PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent). Min age 12.

Course price

$195USD

Duration2 days

Max depth18 m

Min age12+

LevelAdvanced

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All equipment included · Small groups · PADI certified

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Guest experiences

“Swami Rock is something else entirely. The statues on the reef, the turtles, the sheer amount of life on the wall. I've dived in Thailand, Indonesia, the Red Sea, and this is right up there. The guides know every inch of these reefs. Highly recommended.”

James T.

United Kingdom · Fun Diving

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