Chaaty Beach.

Chaaty beach in the Northern Province is one of the beautiful beaches, located in the Jaffna. This silver sand beach provides you with safe, smooth and shallow water. Sharks are never seen around this beach area. Here, you can walk in to the sea for long distance.It is not so deep in the beginning and slowly it will go deep in the distance. Not a rapid deep area and it offers no coral too. Jaffna town hotels are not far from here, specially the Jaffna Tilco Hotel and the Jetwing Hotel. Very few local people used wander around this beach.

Most of them are pilgrims who are traveling in between Nainativu (Nagadeerpa) and the main town Jaffna. Sorry, no water sports equipments are available for hire or to purchase. Moreover in the month of August lot of foreign living Tamil people used to visit here to enjoy the calm blue sea and the white sand beach. In the month of April this beach area is very hot and sea water is very salty. Those who takes sea bath will have their skin very dark in quick time due to high salt water content and burning sun. This beach is one of the most visited beach in Jaffna after the popular Cassurina Beach.

Note: Hotels or shops are NOT available in this Chaaty beach area. So when you are visiting this beach, get enough mineral water and snacks for you and for your family members. In addition, get some skin protection cream, sun glasses and caps to safeguard you from the burning sun in the noon time. Have your own transport facility when visiting here as there is not much transport facility from there. It is not advisable to visit this place in the night time and on rainy days. This is nearly a deserted beach with less people wandering here except for those passing vehicles.

Chaaty Beach location.

Close to Jaffna Town, in the Mankumban Village next to the Kayts road.
Use your own transport to visit this beach as public transport is limited in this area.
Lot of people come with their Motorcycles and on bicycles to this place to spend their day..

• There are some cement based huts thay had been erected for visitors to get some relax under this shade.
• No life guards are available in this beach. So take about your firends and family, when going deep.
• Some periods, you may see lot of aged sea weeds in the shore. Anyway, they are harmless plants.
• Watch out for jelly fish, if you see them there, don't go in the sea. Jelly fish can harm your skin.
• Sharks don't wander in this Chatty beach area.
  
  Colombo Jaffna Train Service.