Mirissa & Weligama Surf-and-Chill

Learn to surf on Weligama's gentle bay, then unwind on Mirissa's palm-fringed sand.

What the Mirissa & Weligama Surf-and-Chill is really like.

Weligama's wide, sand-bottomed bay is one of the best places in Sri Lanka to learn to surf, with mellow whitewater and a fleet of schools and longboards. Just along the coast, Mirissa is the south's easy-going beach town, all palm-fringed sand, coconut trees and beach bars. The pairing is the classic south-coast holiday: a morning lesson, an afternoon nap in the shade and a sunset from Coconut Tree Hill. The calm season runs November to April.

At a glance

Best season: November – April
Typical duration: Full day to multi-day
Regions: 2

Moment by moment

How the day unfolds.

Step 01
First surf lesson
Catch your first waves on Weligama's forgiving sandy bay with an instructor pushing you into the whitewater.
Step 02
Longboard the bay
Build confidence trimming along the gentle, slow-breaking wall that makes Weligama so beginner-friendly.
Step 03
Mirissa beach time
Move down to Mirissa for an afternoon of palm shade, swimming and easy beach-bar lunches.
Step 04
Coconut Tree Hill
Walk up the photogenic headland of leaning coconut palms above the turquoise sea.
Step 05
Sunset on the sand
End with a drink on the beach as the sky colours and the surf glasses off for the evening.