Exploring the depths in Gozo
The plan was simple. First point of interest was the famous Coral cave. We wanted to explore the large entrance as going in the cave is unofficially protected – the bubbles can be harmful for the corals inside.
As soon as we jumped in the water we discovered that the visibility was around 20 meters. Enough for the purpose of the exercise today. The second point of the dive was me to gain some depth and to do a deco dive.
The cave was nice. One needs a torch to see the corals in their beautiful colors. Then we turned right and disappeared in the blue. At a depth of 40 meters we spent some time and slowly continued close to the wall enjoying the company of a large amberjack and two groupers.
Posted by Scuba Works Malta under Diving, Sites | Permalink | 1 Comment »HMS Maori – a dive in the heart of Malta
The guys and gals from Scuba Works Malta suggested we go and dive on the HMS Maori, or what’s left of her. The front section lays in about 18m of water in St Elmos Bay, Valletta. Debbie and I were defiantly up for that! We had all heard there were Seahorses close to the wreck, and wanted to see if we could find these illusive and legendry creatures. Seven divers turned up on Saturday morning, Two decided to go off in search of ‘treasure’ in the shallow reef, there are lots of old coins and bits of interesting junk which has been tossed in or dropped over the years.
Posted by Scuba Works Malta under Diving, Sites | Permalink | 2 Comments »End of February weekend of diving and sun in Malta
Our first dive for the weekend is Zurrieq next to Blue Grotto . The wreck Um El Farud is the target (Debbie miss it the last time) and 3-4 buddy pairs set off in search! Mission accomplished as all were found swimming around the wreck happily poking in and out of holes. Debbie is running a marathon keeping up but enjoying the wreck passing by many of the sights to be held on this dive.
120 bars of air left and time to head back to shore leaving the wreck behind heading mid-water back to the reef! On target we hit the reef at 10 meters and slowly head back to Zurrieq in-let. Our eye’s are seeking in all nooks and crannies for an octopus as Debbie has yet to have seen one since she has lived in Malta.
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