Help
Questions about this website, and where to find what you need.
Is this a hotel? Can I book here?
No. This website is a guide. We can’t book rooms, lessons or tables. Please contact the place directly.
What should I do in an emergency?
Call 119 for the police or 1990 for a free ambulance, or 106 for the Coast Guard at sea. The beach guide has a safety card with the nearest hospital and what to do in a current.
Is this the official website of Hiriketiya?
No. This website is a guide. No single body owns or runs the bay: the Coast Conservation Department controls building near the sea, and the Dickwella Pradeshiya Sabha looks after local services. Neither of them, nor any hotel, guesthouse, café or surf school, runs this website.
Is hiriketiya.com the same website?
No. This guide is at hiriketiyasurf.com. The address hiriketiya.com belongs to someone else.
Can you pass a message to a hotel, café or surf school?
No, we can’t pass on messages or bookings. The cafés and the surf school we list have one link each to their own website or map page, where you can find how to reach them.
Do places pay to be named on this website?
No. No place pays to be named, and we accept no gifts from places we name or might name. The cafés and the surf school on our short lists meet rules that the About page explains.
How do you check the facts?
Where we can, each fact comes from whoever sets it: a fare from the fare table, a rule from the department that made it, an opening time from the place itself. When only the news, a blog or reviews say something, the page tells you so. Each price shows when it was seen, by month or year, and each guide and fact page lists its sources. Prices, times and safety numbers are checked again online in January, April, July and October.
Can I send you a new price or time?
Yes, please, and anything else that is wrong. Email hello@hiriketiyasurf.com with the page, what has changed and where you saw it; a photo of the price board helps. We check it at the source, then change the page and its date.
Why don’t you recommend hotels?
We describe the areas to stay in, with their good and bad sides, but we don’t name hotels or guesthouses. That keeps the guide fair, and the guide itself sells nothing.
Can I use your drawings or words?
Linking to any page is always fine. To copy our words or drawings, please ask us first. Each photo belongs to the person who took it; its licence is on the picture credits page.
Something else? Write to hello@hiriketiyasurf.com. We can’t help with bookings.