Beautiful Unawatuna Beach is home to swaying palms and loads of golden sunshine, present throughout the year save a few occasional showers. This makes diving a viable sport almost all year round; the best period is from October to April. There are various categories of diving to choose from in Unawatuna; if you are a professional there's coral reef diving, deep diving and rock diving. Amateurs have the option of obtaining PADI certification which can be for open water, scuba diving, advanced open water diving, rescue diving and dive masters course.