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Her Majesty, Um El Faroud — The Wreck I Never Get Tired Of
Second only to the SS Thistlegorm in my personal list of wreck dives.
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Practical knowledge, wrecks, shore entries and underwater places across Malta, Gozo and beyond. The collection now includes my complete 22-site Malta, Gozo & Comino favourites series.
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The Blue Hole — My Best Reef Dive Ever
The cave, the arch, the fallen Azure Window, the Chimney and Coral Garden. WOW.
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Inland Sea — The Cherry on Top of Dwejra
After the Blue Hole, you think Dwejra has already shown you enough. Then you swim into the tunnel.
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Buġibba Reef — Hundreds of Dives, and Still One of My Favourites
Perfect for training. Even better at night. Maximum depth: about 12 metres.
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P29 — From East German Minesweeper to Maltese Wreck
A clean, upright wreck with a Cold War history and one of Ċirkewwa’s classic swims.
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Rozi — The Tugboat That Became a Ċirkewwa Classic
A compact wreck with character, history and one of Malta’s best reef combinations.
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Ċirkewwa Arch — Sometimes You Do Not Need a Wreck
A natural arch, wall and reef that can easily stand on its own.
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Għar Lapsi Cave — Shallow Water, Rock and Mediterranean Light
Depth is not what makes this dive interesting. Light is.
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Finger Reef — The Other Side of Għar Lapsi
A compact reef with a wall, a small cavern and enough variety to deserve its own dive.
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West Reef & Caves — There Is More to Wied iż-Żurrieq Than the Faroud
Bell Tower Cave, Mouse Hole, the wall and a completely different dive beside Malta’s famous wreck.
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HMS Maori — A Shallow Dive into Malta’s Wartime History
A Tribal-class destroyer, a 1942 air raid and a wreck that now sits within reach of recreational divers.
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Tug 2 — The Sliema Wreck That Moved
Scuttled in 2013, shifted by storms, and still one of Malta’s most useful shallow wreck dives.
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Qawra Bay — Sometimes a Shallow Dive Is Exactly What You Need
Sand, seagrass, easy depth and a useful place for skills, relaxed diving and photography.
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Tugboat 10 — A Small Wreck with a Long Maltese Working Life
Compact, upright and close to St. Michael and P33 at Żonqor Point.
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St. Michael — A Wartime Tug Beneath Marsaskala
Built in 1944, later a Maltese working tug, now part of the Żonqor wreck trio.
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P33 — Watching a Modern Artificial Wreck Change Fast
The newest member of the Marsaskala wreck group has deteriorated much faster than many divers expected.
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MV Karwela — Gozo’s Staircase Wreck
A former passenger vessel, a famous internal staircase and one of Xatt l-Aħmar’s signature dives.
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MV Cominoland — The Other Xatt l-Aħmar Wreck
Less famous than Karwela, but with a remarkable wartime origin and a very good deep wreck profile.
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Middle Finger — One Pinnacle from Recreational to Technical Depths
Ras il-Ħobż rises from deep water and lets completely different divers share the same site.
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Santa Marija Caves — Shallow Comino at Its Best
Light, colour, caves and a reminder that shallow diving can be spectacular.
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P31 — The Shallow Sister of P29
Another former East German Kondor I vessel, but this one sits in Comino water shallow enough for long wreck dives.
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My Favourite Dive Sites in Malta, Gozo & Comino
My personal map and complete dive-site series, starting with Um El Faroud, the Blue Hole and Inland Sea — plus Buġibba Reef and the wrecks, caves and walls I keep returning to.
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An Unforgettable Diving Adventure: Exploring Y-40 The Deep Joy with Divebase Malta
Yesterday was an unforgettable day for me and my fellow dive buddies from the Divebase Malta diving club. We travelled from different countries across Europe to gather in Y-40 The Deep Joy, an incredible…
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Why the Blue Hole and Um El Faroud Remain Two of My Favourite Malta Dives
The Blue Hole at Dwejra in Gozo and the Um El Faroud wreck at Wied iż-Żurrieq offer completely different experiences. One is a dramatic natural entry into rock formations and open sea; the…
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At Y-40, The Deep Joy: the World’s Deepest Dance Floor Party
A look back at an extraordinary underwater party held at Y-40, The Deep Joy, with music and dancing five metres below the surface.
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Discovering the Underwater World: Federica at Giglio Island
Federica recalls her first experience beneath the sea and the beauty, colour and vulnerability of Giglio Island’s underwater world.
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A Photograph Is Not Worth a Life
A reminder not to remove starfish and other marine animals from the water merely for a photograph.
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Boshmolenplas: Diving in the Netherlands
A visit to Boshmolenplas, a clear Dutch freshwater dive site with facilities, underwater attractions and abundant small life.
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Y-40 DiveBase Malta: Y-40 by the Sea
A historical article introducing the former Y-40 DiveBase Malta operation and Malta as a year-round diving destination.
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X127 Lighter “Coralita” — A Gallipoli Veteran Beneath Manoel Island
A complete personal guide to X127: Gallipoli origins, wartime loss, mistaken identity and more than 50 logged dives on the wreck.
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Um El Faroud: The Perfect Wreck
A personal dive narrative about Malta’s Um El Faroud tanker wreck at Wied iż-Żurrieq.
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