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3 Km West Of Colombo

Coal Wreck

Anguru Nava

SL/W/COLO/M/16

District
Colombo
Depth
20.00–32.00 m
Vessel type
General Cargo Ship, Bulk Carrier

Overview

An unidentified shipwreck refered to as the 'Anguru Nava' or Coal Wreck by local fisherman. The shipwreck is broken into two at amidships and lying a short distance away from each other (about 8-10m). 

The forward part of the wreck is much more scenic than the stern. A school of Blue-Striped Snapper inhabit this wreck while small groupers and various species of stingrays can be seen on occassion. This is not a very popular wreck for marine tourists but most of the time they dive this as the second dive after diving the Chief Dragon Car Wreck, north of this location. 

The wreck lies on seabed 32m deep. 

Bow 28 Jan 2012 © Dharshana Jayawardena / Ghosts of the Deep - Diving the Shipwrecks of SL
Overview of the bow 30 Nov 2013 © Dharshana Jayawardena / Ghosts of the Deep - Diving the Shipwrecks of SL
Overview of the stern 5 Mar 2017 © Indika Hewage

Location

District: Colombo

Province: Western

Depth profile

20–32 m

Protection & status

Access
None
Legal status
None
Archaeological value
Low
Degradation
Corrosion
Threat
Deterioration

References & publications

  • Jayawadena, D. (2016) Ghosts of the Deep - Diving the shipwrecks of Sri Lanka, Vijitha Yapa Publications, Colombo, pp.78-81.
  • ප්‍රියන්දන රුක්ෂාන් ඩබ්.එච් (2014) බස්නාහිර වෙරළ තීරයේ මුහුදු පුරාවිද්‍යා ගවේෂණ, දලනිඳු, විද්‍යුත් පුවත් සරණිය, වෙලුම 06, කාණ්ඩය 03, ජූලි - ‍දෙසැම්බර් 2014, මුහුදු පුරාවිද්‍යා ඒකකය, මධ්‍යම සංස්කෘතික අරමුදල

Record provenance

Last updated
2021-05-24
Biodiversity survey
Incomplete

Data: National Shipwreck Database / CCF–MAU