Arugam Bay is situated in the dry zone of Sri Lanka’s South-East coast. The Bay is located 320 km due East of Colombo. It is a popular surfing and tourist destination & one of the world’s top ten surfing spots. It is a place for surfers, water sports freaks and wildlife aficionados with low budget to reasonably priced hotels and guesthouses.
The village of Arugam Bay is 5 km south of Pottuvil and on the edge of Yala East National Park.The nearby (4 km) Muslim village of Pottuvil is the center of commerce and
transportation. Tourist accommodations lie along the beach to the south of Pottuvil. Arugam Bay (4 km) is also the gateway and the only road access to the Yala East National Park. This area is known as Kumana (44 km), to be reached via the Sinhalese settlement of Panama (17 km) and the shires at Okanda (32 km).
Sri Lanka, is studded with sunny beaches. Well, if you want to enjoy a beautiful sunset, sipping a drink made of tropical fruits or a cool beer relaxing on the sandy beaches , listening to the music of rising and falling waves lapping on to beaches , Sri Lanka offers all that and much more . These beaches are a paradise for every visitor . One is sure to get enthralled by the serenity and the tranquility of beaches of Sri Lanka . Arugam beach of Sri Lanka also features as one of the most fascinating beaches of Sri Lanka. Arugam Bay is located about 314 km from Colombo, a most beautiful bay with good surfing opportunities . The East coast offers infinite possibilities for all kinds of water sports and underwater photography. Underneath the Bay lies the many ship-wrecks of the coast which pose a tempting challenge to the diver. If you are interested in water sport activity and surfing then Arugam Bay is definitely the place for all those wind surfers. Arugam Bay is on the list of the top ten surf points in the world. Situated on the South East side of Sri Lanka , Arugam Bay receives the same Antarctic winter swell's that hit Indonesia in the middle of the year. The best time of the year to visit this exquisite beach is between May and November when the predominant wind is offshore for at least the first half of the day. At this time favorable
conditions are found for surfing. Arugam Bay is also prominent fishing village , situated on the south of the small town of Pottuvil at the remote south end of the east coast. It has probably the best surf in Sri Lanka .It had developed into a low-budget travellers center with water surfing as a main tourist attraction. There's a wide, sweeping beach in front of the village itself, good for swimming .For the nature lovers, it proves to be a paradise , as on the south of the surf is a long, deserted beach leading down to 'Crocodile Rock', from where wild elephants can quite often be seen. Arugam point is the main break at Arugam Bay. It attracts a large number of visitors ,starting from April to October ,which is the most favorable time for surfers. With a wide sweeping beach it is good for swimming virtually year round .
Pottuvil Point is another break at Arugam Bay. It is every surfers dream tropical wave. A long deserted sandy beach doted with some huge boulders at the waters edge, make this wave a favorite with some of the season veterans .Surfing in this Bay has to be properly carried out , otherwise you may be left standing in deep waters with mouth stuffed with sand , or may get hit by heavy boulders at the water ‘s edge .
transportation. Tourist accommodations lie along the beach to the south of Pottuvil. Arugam Bay (4 km) is also the gateway and the only road access to the Yala East National Park. This area is known as Kumana (44 km), to be reached via the Sinhalese settlement of Panama (17 km) and the shires at Okanda (32 km).Sri Lanka, is studded with sunny beaches. Well, if you want to enjoy a beautiful sunset, sipping a drink made of tropical fruits or a cool beer relaxing on the sandy beaches , listening to the music of rising and falling waves lapping on to beaches , Sri Lanka offers all that and much more . These beaches are a paradise for every visitor . One is sure to get enthralled by the serenity and the tranquility of beaches of Sri Lanka . Arugam beach of Sri Lanka also features as one of the most fascinating beaches of Sri Lanka. Arugam Bay is located about 314 km from Colombo, a most beautiful bay with good surfing opportunities . The East coast offers infinite possibilities for all kinds of water sports and underwater photography. Underneath the Bay lies the many ship-wrecks of the coast which pose a tempting challenge to the diver. If you are interested in water sport activity and surfing then Arugam Bay is definitely the place for all those wind surfers. Arugam Bay is on the list of the top ten surf points in the world. Situated on the South East side of Sri Lanka , Arugam Bay receives the same Antarctic winter swell's that hit Indonesia in the middle of the year. The best time of the year to visit this exquisite beach is between May and November when the predominant wind is offshore for at least the first half of the day. At this time favorable
conditions are found for surfing. Arugam Bay is also prominent fishing village , situated on the south of the small town of Pottuvil at the remote south end of the east coast. It has probably the best surf in Sri Lanka .It had developed into a low-budget travellers center with water surfing as a main tourist attraction. There's a wide, sweeping beach in front of the village itself, good for swimming .For the nature lovers, it proves to be a paradise , as on the south of the surf is a long, deserted beach leading down to 'Crocodile Rock', from where wild elephants can quite often be seen. Arugam point is the main break at Arugam Bay. It attracts a large number of visitors ,starting from April to October ,which is the most favorable time for surfers. With a wide sweeping beach it is good for swimming virtually year round .Pottuvil Point is another break at Arugam Bay. It is every surfers dream tropical wave. A long deserted sandy beach doted with some huge boulders at the waters edge, make this wave a favorite with some of the season veterans .Surfing in this Bay has to be properly carried out , otherwise you may be left standing in deep waters with mouth stuffed with sand , or may get hit by heavy boulders at the water ‘s edge .
Accommodation in Arugam Bay is not a problem as the luxurious Stardust Hotel is located very nearby. One can also opt for the other hotel , MidBay Hotel. Whilst if you fancy watching all the sporting action from afar, hide away in a family beach hut, Kudakalliya.
This tiny fishing village is fast becoming the young and trendy hideout with the best surf in Sri Lanka and SE Asia. Surfing companies and enthusiasts take courses to learn this new extreme sport. It is paradise for the divers and surfers.
අරුගම් බොක්කේ රළ මත ලිස්සා යන සංචාරකයින්ලෝකයේ රළ මත ලිස්සා යාමේ ක්රීඩාව සඳහා කීර්තියක් උසුලන ස්ථාන අතර ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අරුගම් බේ මුහුදු තීරය ඉතා ම ප්රචලිත ස්ථානයකි. 2005 ත්සුනාමි ව්යසනයෙන් නැඟෙනහිර වෙරළ තීරයේ සිදු වූ විනාශයත් සමඟ රළ මත ලිස්සා යාමේ ක්රීඩාවට අරුගම් බේ වෙත පැමිණි සංචාරකයින් නො පැමිණි අතර රටේ පැවති යුද ම ය වාතාවරණය නිසා නැඟෙනහිර අරුගම් බේ
ප්රදේශයද අනාරක්ෂිත බව සැලකිණි. අරුගම් බේ සහ පොතුවිල් යා කළ පාලම එදා ත්සුනාමි රළ පහරින් සම්පූර්ණයෙන් විනාශ විණි.නමුත් වත්මන් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වාතාවරණය යුද බියෙන් තොර ආරක්ෂා සහිත තත්ත්වයක පැවතීමත් රට ත්රස්තවාදයෙන් සහමුලින් ම මුදාගැනීමත් නිසා සංචාරකයින් මෙරටට පැමිණෙමින් තිබේ. සුනාමි ව්යසනයෙන් පසු ව එම ප්රදේශයේ රජය විශාල සංවර්ධනයක් සිදු කර තිබෙන අතර අරුගම් බේ පාලම සම්පූර්ණයෙන් නිම කළ අතර මඩකලපුව සිට අරුගම්බේ දක්වා ඇති සියලු ම පාලම් නවීකරණය කරමින් අලුත්වැඩියා කර තිබේ. මේ අනුව සංචාරකයින් නැවතත් අරුගම් බේ වෙත පැමිණෙමින් සිටින අතර ශ්රී ලංකා සංචරණය (Sri Lanka Tourism) සංචාරක ප්රවර්ධන වැඩසටහන් ඔස්සේ ලොව පුරා සංචාරකයින් දැනුවත් කිරීමේ කාර්යයේ නියැලී සිටී.
ප්රදේශයද අනාරක්ෂිත බව සැලකිණි. අරුගම් බේ සහ පොතුවිල් යා කළ පාලම එදා ත්සුනාමි රළ පහරින් සම්පූර්ණයෙන් විනාශ විණි.නමුත් වත්මන් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ වාතාවරණය යුද බියෙන් තොර ආරක්ෂා සහිත තත්ත්වයක පැවතීමත් රට ත්රස්තවාදයෙන් සහමුලින් ම මුදාගැනීමත් නිසා සංචාරකයින් මෙරටට පැමිණෙමින් තිබේ. සුනාමි ව්යසනයෙන් පසු ව එම ප්රදේශයේ රජය විශාල සංවර්ධනයක් සිදු කර තිබෙන අතර අරුගම් බේ පාලම සම්පූර්ණයෙන් නිම කළ අතර මඩකලපුව සිට අරුගම්බේ දක්වා ඇති සියලු ම පාලම් නවීකරණය කරමින් අලුත්වැඩියා කර තිබේ. මේ අනුව සංචාරකයින් නැවතත් අරුගම් බේ වෙත පැමිණෙමින් සිටින අතර ශ්රී ලංකා සංචරණය (Sri Lanka Tourism) සංචාරක ප්රවර්ධන වැඩසටහන් ඔස්සේ ලොව පුරා සංචාරකයින් දැනුවත් කිරීමේ කාර්යයේ නියැලී සිටී.
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