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Himasha P
Weligama, Sri Lanka1 contribution
Weligama
Oct. 2023 • Friends
Weligama is a small town on the south coast of Sri Lanka. Its name translates to ‘sandy village’, a testament to its wide golden sandy beaches. Over the years Weligama has gained popularity and slowly transformed itself from a small fishing village to a booming tourist spot and today it has secured itself as a top surfing destination. Good place to relax and surf with chill beer.......
Written October 27, 2023
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Linda N
Krakow, Poland116 contributions
disappointing beach
Aug. 2023 • Family
weligama has some lovely features. surf and sand. unfortunately a busy road runs next to the beach and there are many closed down businesses which create a sad ambience. surf and board hire great except for two days terrible oil slick all along the sea, making it brown and slimes
Written August 21, 2023
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Ruby C
5 contributions
Dirty, polluted beach
Aug. 2023 • Solo
This beach is covered in litter, it's very sad to see such pollution. It is also right next to a busy main road..very noisy & smelly. The water was also extremely brown & dirty at times. I had accommodation booked here for a few days, but ended up catching the bus to Mirissa each day where the beach is much less polluted.
Written August 6, 2023
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Yulia S
2 contributions
Good surf experience
Jul. 2023 • Couples
Nice beach we went there to surf good surf spot even in the off-season
Few active surf camp's are still in the surf spot
Written July 14, 2023
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Nigel C
33 contributions
A good beach for beginer surfers
Jun. 2023 • Family
The beach is quite far from colombo, approimately 2hrs south of Colombo. Unfortunately, when we went the tide was going out, so our son who was surfing had a struggle to get good waves. There is a number of places on the beach to rent boards, but be careful as we saw one couple get charged because a board fin came off (the board was old and already repaired previously for the same). There are stands for drinks but otherwise a typical sandy beach.
Written June 11, 2023
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dorodegrell
Cairo, Egypt4 contributions
Be aware of thiefs!!
Apr. 2023
We’ve spent an afternoon on this beach and while my 8 years old was learning to surf with my husband and i was taking a couple of photos 50 meters away from our towels a thief has opened my beg, took my wallet from under all the clothes and other stuff and has stolen all our cash (rupies and dollars, a lot of money 😩😩😩). It was daytime and full of people around. Never leave your values unattended especially in a such touristical beach as wiligama. Luckily the only bed experience we’ve had there and we should still be grateful that the thief didnt take credit cards, documents, phones, ipad and the key of the rented car.
Written April 20, 2023
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Arvind Sarawgi
Jaipur, India32 contributions
Paradise
Apr. 2023 • Couples
Nice clean beach, with excellent surfing classes,feels like Bali Indonesia, we where surprised to see such calm clean sandy beach with no rocks ..did not want to leave the place..5 star experience
Written April 18, 2023
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Janka K
Brno, Czech Republic6,264 contributions
Fine sand, great surfing waves, but no toilets and limited access points
Dec. 2022 • Couples
Very fine sand and surfing waves. Most of the shore space close to the car road is occupied with surfing school stands, even through there were also some stands with snacks.
As with most of the beaches, I was missing some toilets. And also specifically with this beach, I was missing more of accessible stairs/way on how to get to the beach. Sometimes a person needs to walk quite some distance close to the car road to get some stairs that would lead to the beach.
Written April 10, 2023
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jc
Hambantota, Sri Lanka2 contributions
Blue Mind surf school
Mar. 2023 • Family
Watch out for scammers. We rented a board from Blue Mind Surf School on the beach next to the Marriot. When we returned the board they tried to scam us into paying for damage on the board that was already there. More importantly the 5 guys working there were acting very aggressively, despite my child only being 10 yr old. Disgusting behavior. Fortunately my only negative experience in Weligama.
Written March 15, 2023
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ssp
7 contributions
Great Sri Lankan Beach Experience
Mar. 2023 • Friends
Lovely well kept Beach. Clean lush sea no pebbles, stones or debris to interrupt your fun in the sea. Popular beach for surfers. Would definitely recommend.
Written March 14, 2023
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