The Blue Beach Island Underwater Gallery located on Nilwella Beach reflects a 100m long and 40m wide model town. This site can be viewed via snorkeling or dinghies with glass bottoms for a mesmerizing glance beneath the surface. It was opened by the Sri Lanka Navy in Matara on the 10th of April 2021.
Items displayed in the Museum
Blue Beach Island underwater gallery – Nilwella includes sculptures, structures, and other artifacts molded by eco-friendly materials, discarded vehicles and aircraft as well as artificial substrates specially designed for coral growing. Some of the models here are made of small pieces of rock so that seaweeds and corals can easily grow on those surfaces and create an environment conducive to natural fish breeding in a very short period.
The main purpose of this is to breed beautiful fish and create new coral reefs.
Apart from the scuba divers, this attractive site, located at a depth of 04 to 10 meters, can be easily viewed by snorkeling and plying by dinghies with glass bottoms.
