Dive Safe! (www.DiveSriLanka.com)
Preparation and prevention is the key!
Here are some safety tips.
Be ready with Emergency Contact Numbers of your dive location
Be ready with emergency contact numbers
Be ready with the contact information for the nearest emergency services of that area before plunging in.
- Kalpitiya
- Negombo
- Beruwala
- Bentota
- Hikkaduwa
- Unawatuna
- Weligama
- Tangalle
- Basses (Kirinda)
- Batticaloa
- Trincomalee
Review Diving Readiness & Open Water Safety
1) Begin With Review And Friend
Before diving make sure that you are physically fit, feel good about the dive and the conditions are safe for diving.
Make sure the equipment works and fits properly.
Before diving do the standard buddy check and ensure that you and your buddy have a half inflated BCD, proper Weights, Releases that function properly,
enough Air and give the Final OK. (Begin With Review And Friend)2) Always dive with a buddy
And be close to your buddy during diving by diving shoulder to shoulder in open water.
3) Be a SAFE diver
Slowly Ascend From Every dive.
The ascent speed shouldn't exceed 18M/60 Feet a minute.
These are just 3 quick mental refreshers about
preparation and prevention. Enroll in a SCUBA refresher course if you
haven't dived for a while just to make sure that your SCUBA
skills are
sharp and up to date.
Respond to Decompression Illness
(Decompression Sickness and Lung Expansion Injuries)
Contact: Surgeon Captain (DR) Lalith Ekanayake MD
MBBS, Dip DHM
Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist
Specialist in Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine
10/16 Upper Chatham Street
Colombo 01
Sri Lanka
Telephone +94 11 2 424576 or +94 777 385968
Email seabreeze@mail.ewisl.net
Chamber details
Multiplace Double Lock Chamber
Naval Base
Trincomalee
Sri LankaDr. Ekanayke is usually contactable round the clock. On his advice civilian patients can be treated in this chamber on payment basis.
Medical Experts for Dive Medicine
Captain (DR) Lalith Ekanayake MD
MBBS, Dip DHM
Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist
Specialist in Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine
10/16 Upper Chatham Street ,
Colombo 01,
Sri Lanka .
Telephone: +94 11 2 424576 or +94 777 385968
Email seabreeze@mail.ewisl.net