After a relatively long period of inactivity I finally got some dives done this weekend and one of the sites was P29 which is one of the latest additions to Maltas wreck diving repertoire. Since I have not dived this dive for well over 2 years it was quite interesting and quite a lot has [...]
The latest addition to Malta’s successful artificial reef program is the former East German mine sweeper P29 Boltenhagen. She was scuttled in 2007 in the popular dive area of Cirkewwa in Malta as the second wreck in the area – the first one is the very popular dive Rozi.
The wreck is pretty deep – 36-37 [...]
Hellespont is a relatively recently discovered wreck off the Grand Harbour – she was discovered in 1999 and this is one of my favourite dives. She is a victim of the intense bombings of Malta during WW2 but the ship is considerably older than that. She is in fact the only paddle steamer I have [...]
Malta has two famous plane wrecks. There are more but these are in general not publicly known and not offered as dive trips by commercial dive centres. There are rumours about a Mosquito with the pilots remains still in the cockpit and a Liberator has supposedly also been found but I know only one person [...]
A very common topic here on Independent Scuba is wreck dives and one of the very best wreck dives in the world is Le Polynesien. I have dived many wrecks all over the world but few, if any, stand up to the incredible experience of diving this majestic wreck.
Le Polynesien is in fact a wreck [...]
Um el Faroud is no doubt one of Maltas top recreational wreck dives and one of the most famous. Although she is a scuttled wreck she makes a remarkable dive which many would consider absolute top class. In fact, I was browsing through a book store the other day and I came across a book [...]
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