Casuarina beach

Casuarina beach is situated in Karainagar, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka, about 20 kilometers from the Jaffna town. You can reach there by around 45 minutes of travel from the Jaffna town. You can use your own vehicle if you want to stay there till late hours other wise you can travel by the public or private bus where the fare is very low price.

This Beach in Karainagar is also called and written as Casoorina, Cashoorina and few other variants. This is one of the best known beach for the Jaffna district people. There is not much bigger waves striking at the shore and it allows tourists to walk far deep in to the sea or to swim around There are lot of Casuarina trees around the beach which offer you shade, if you want to escape from the sun while at the beach.

As it is located in a remote area you have to bring all the necessary things that you may need for you and your children while you are spending time there at the beach.

This area is in the tropical region and it gets rain only in the December season and you can have fun all the other months with out the worry of climate.

You can communicate visitors in this area in Tamil and if you don't know Tamil, don't worry you can speak in English as most of them can communicate in English as their second language. People are friendly. If you don't know swimming you can ask the local people to assist you by providing two fully dried coconut knotted between with short rope. You can slip the coconuts through your armpit and can float in the sea as it won't allow you to get drowned. This is a popular method for starters at this calm sea to learn swimming.