Diving schools at the wrecks of Trincomalee and the reefs of the east, certified to international standard

A first step

Ask the dive shops already working at Trincomalee which wrecks they cannot take students to, and why: kit, boats or qualified instructors. Then post an offer in diving groups abroad for a 5-day certification course on the wrecks at a stated price, and collect deposits or written reservations. Deposits from 10 divers tell you the course sells before you buy a single tank.

Who pays first

A diver from Europe or the Gulf who has already done the familiar reefs and wants wreck dives with an internationally recognised certificate at the end.

What leaves today

Divers certify elsewhere and treat the island as a side trip, so the course fees, the certificate and the repeat bookings stay with schools abroad.

The idea and the mechanism are from the book. The first step was written for this site as a suggestion; if you know a better one, say so.

The test

Does it keep value that now leaves the island, or build the proof that lets somebody else do so?

The only test any idea on this site has to pass. The four rules that go with it are here.

In the book

• Ch. TwoAn Island Nobody Has Counted
  An ocean eight times the size of the land

More from cluster 13

• 251Sailing charters and a yacht marina at Galle or Trincomalee, with the crew trained here
• 253Sport fishing charters with catch-and-release, sold to the Gulf and Europe
• 254Sea-cucumber and seaweed farming in the northern lagoons, which Japan and Korea buy
• 255Tuna graded, loined and vacuum-packed at the harbour for the sashimi market, not sold whole
• 256Crab and prawn from the lagoons as a branded chilled export, with the lagoon's name
• 257Dried fish and Maldive fish for Sri Lankans abroad, packed to a food-safety standard

All 20 ideas in this cluster