Beaches in Matara
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A working town on the coast, with beaches either side
Here is the list of 6 Beaches in Matara
1. Secret Beach, Mirissa , Mirissa
One of the most beautiful beaches in Sri Lanka is Secret Beach. It was once a secret location known only by the locals but has now become a popular tourist destination. The beach is ideal for swimming and sunbathing. Secret Beach is known for having a peaceful and relaxing atmosphere, with gentle waves, golden sand and beautiful palm trees.
2. Mirissa Beach, Mirissa
Mirissa is a half-moon bay about 15 kilometres west of Matara and the busiest beach in the district: a line of bars and guesthouses behind the sand, a rocky headland at one end that people climb for the view, and boats leaving before dawn between November and April to look for blue whales. It is the loudest entry on this list, and Polhena the quietest.
3. Polhena Beach, Matara
Polhena Beach is one of the safest beaches in Sri Lanka with waist-high water and coral reefs. Swimming here is like swimming in a swimming pool but with an extraordinary aquatic life such a numerous giant green turtles, and fish which makes one’s dive even more memorable.
4. Dalawella Beach, Unawatuna
When in Unawatuna, make it a point to visit the famous Dalawella beach. If you are looking for a quieter escape from the main beach, head out to the Dalawella beach. The beach is the ideal location to spend some quiet and quality time with your family or loved ones, while you relax, sunbathe and swim under the beautiful blue sky.
5. Hiriketiya Beach, Tangalle
Hiriketiya is a small horseshoe cove beside Dickwella, roughly 25 kilometres east of Matara, with a beach break in the middle of the bay and a gentler wave off the point. Surf schools, cafes and yoga places now ring it, so it is no longer the quiet find it was a decade ago. Of the beaches here it is the one people travel to for the surf rather than the sand.
6. Weligama Beach, Matara
Weligama Bay is a long, shallow curve of sand about fifteen minutes west of Mirissa, and its small, slow waves breaking over a sandy bottom are why the beginner surf schools of the south coast all sit along it rather than at the rockier bays elsewhere on this list. Boards are hired straight off the beach. Taprobane Island, a single house on a rock, lies just offshore at the eastern end.
Matara is the southern end of the coastal railway. Beaches in Mirissa and beaches in Tangalle cover the coast either side.
This post was published by Harshitha
