Pasikuda is found on the eastern coast of Sri Lanka and is 35 km away from Batticaloa. With its spotless beach and plenty of attractions, you will be enchanted by this seaside village.
The beach
Passikudah Beach | Image by Knthabrew via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pasikuda Beach boasts calm and shallow waters with a reef, making it ideal for swimming and water sports. Diving, boogie boarding, water skiing, and kite surfing are popular here. While in Pasikuda, beach hotels the likes of The Calm Resort & Spa are accommodation options to look out for.
British Sergeant
One of the best diving spots in the region is around the British Sergent ship sunk during a Japanese offensive on April 9th, 1942. The aircraft HMS Hermes is also visible on the dive site. You can spot schools of big-eye snappers, trevally, batfish, groupers, mangrove snappers, clownfish, and sea anemones in these waters.
The Batticaloa Fort
The structure was originally made by the Portuguese and was inhabited by Dutch and British colonialists that followed. Overlooking the canal and lagoon, the fort houses several government offices and a temple inside its walls.
Batticaloa Lagoon
The Batticaloa Lagoon has a rich mangrove density and unique biodiversity in its habitat. The Kallady Bridge, also known as the Lady Manning Bridge, is built across the lagoon and is famous for the singing fish found beneath it.
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