Diving in Marsaxlokk
9 dive sites around Marsaxlokk: 5 wrecks (2 of them aircraft), 2 caves, 4 reefs and 2 walls. The stretch takes in Delimara, St Peter's Pool and Xrobb l-Għaġin.
Depths run from 3 to 112 m. 2 suit Open Water divers and 2 are technical dives. 5 are shore dives and 4 need a boat. Delimara is a locality with several dives of its own.
Most of these sites close when the wind or swell comes from the NE, E, SE and S.
Best right now
- East ReefDelimara74Good
- Delimara CaveDelimara23Stay dry
- South ReefDelimara23Stay dry
Scores blend the wave, swell and wind forecasts for each site against the directions it is open to. Check the site page before you go.
Localities
Dive sites around Marsaxlokk
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Bristol Blenheim Bomber
Marsaxlokk, Malta
A Blenheim light bomber sitting upright on sand and low reef at 42 m off the southeast coast, ditched in 1941 with the whole crew walking away. Deep, current prone and worth the effort.
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Delimara Cave
Delimara, Malta
A chimney rather than a cave in the usual sense: a shaft in the south reef that you enter down among the boulders and climb until daylight opens over the top of the rock.
Digital RenderDelimara Wreck
Delimara, Malta
A broken up barge scattered across sand and rock in less than 10 metres of water on the sheltered side of Delimara Point. A bonus dive rather than a main event, and none the worse for it.
Digital RenderEast Reef
Delimara, Malta
The friendly corner of Delimara Point: a shallow reef of low ledges and sand channels that makes a gentle, unhurried dive, provided the sea has been flat for days.
Digital RenderMosquito Fighter Bomber
Marsaxlokk, Malta
A wooden warplane that has mostly gone back to the sea, leaving two engines and a cat's cradle of cable sitting upside down on sand at just over 40 metres off Delimara. Short, deep and atmospheric.
Digital RenderSouth Reef
Delimara, Malta
The best underwater scenery on the Delimara peninsula: a reef that steps off at 9 metres, cliffs down past 24 and spills into a boulder field the locals call Hell's Edge.
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Xrobb l-Għaġin
Marsaxlokk, Malta
A low-key boulder and seagrass dive off the Xrobb l-Għaġin headland near Marsaxlokk, better known as the shore access for the deep Blenheim bomber than as a dive in its own right. Clear water, quiet ledges, not a lot of drama.
Digital RenderCargo Ship Camadan
Marsaxlokk, Malta
A modern Turkish freighter that foundered in a storm in 2002 and now lies on her side in around 90 m of water east of Delimara. Strictly trimix, strictly for teams who plan properly.
Digital RenderMV King Edwin
Marsaxlokk, Malta
A Harland and Wolff motor cargo ship that burned in Grand Harbour in 1943, was raised after the war and dumped in deep water. She now lies past a hundred metres and is effectively undived.