Hotel Paradise Island

Summer in Sri Lanka's southwest-coast

by WStat

Hi Molly,
find below some remarks about "summer in Bentota"- I found in my favorite hotels information-material. It is very close to Bentota Beach Hotel, so their comments are valid for both hotels:
"In Sri Lanka, our experience has been that even during the time of the European summer i.e. from May to October, there is ample sunshine on the Southwest coast. However, the monsoon season does lead to some limitations. We are very happy to inform you of these.

We have two seasons in Sri Lanka that one could describe as the sunny and the rainy season. There are also short transitional seasons that we call inter-monsoon seasons. As a rule, these are in May and October and tend to last for about one month. During these times, the wind directions change from East to West and vice versa. These are times of unstable weather when there are great thunderstorms and heavy rain showers. The months from June to September are very sunny months. Only in the late afternoon and at night there are cooling rain showers.

Overall, the monsoon season sees the humidity increase and the sea level rise taking away part of our beach. Diving is rarely possible due to the rough sea although water sports such as water skiing, surfing or boating can be recommended at any time on the Bentota river that meets the sea in front of our hotel."
I've been to Sri lanka's westcoast several times;usually rain is no problem in June, but swimming in the sea is not everywhere to be recommended!
Have fun and a good trip to beautiful SL ! Nice and friendly people, a wonderful tropical scenery and gorgeous beach.Many interesting cultural sights.

Bentota

by freya_heaven

" Bentota"

Bentota is a beach resort on the West Coast of Sri Lanka, It is a good area for diving, windsurfing, relaxing, Turtle Hatcheries etc. Also as a base to explore the rest of the country, which you MUST do!

(~_~)

" Brief House & Gardens"

My Bentota page is mostly about the Beautiful Brief House & Gardens. I hope you can appreciate through my photos how lovely it is there, If you are staying on the west coast of Sri Lanka, It is definately a "must see" place to visit.

" Brick Makers"