AMPHORES
Folkert Bouma
Met Janne. Schorpioenvissen, octopus, murene en roze kwal
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers
Towards sand and anchor before going to reef. A dozen Flying Gurnards, little Rays, Cleaver Wrasses on sand. 50 minutes dive w. bubbling reg
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers
Diving with Mark Fenech. 1st dive since September. Not too cold but still fresh. Really big octopus at Paradise Bay. Cuttle fish.
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers
Relaxed 50 minute dive towards Left Arch. Not many big fish. Big octopus hiding in hole.
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers w. Mark Fenech
Second training area, 2 anchors, Moray statue, beyond Left Arch, Paradise Bay, Left Arch. Moray Eel, Octopus, Triton\'s Trumpet Sail, Jacks
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers w. Corsair Diving
Great dive to the two anchors at the left reef. Trying to find some rays on the sand to no avail. Lots of sepia eggs though. Chris leading.\n
AMPHORES
Nice relaxed dive towards Left Arch Lots of small fish, some hunting jacks. Amphores are very visible.
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers w. Corsair Diving Malta
Excellent dive with Christina Borner at Left Reef. Went to sand plains, found octopus and groupers.
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers w. Corsair Diving Malta
Interesting dive with loads of life. Rare transparent Moray Larva, few Octopus, Squid Eggs, Big Anemone Hermite Crab, big Dentex, Amberjack
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers w. Buddies Dive Cove
2 nice shallow dives along Right & Left reef. Fried Egg Jellyfish, one as big as a weddingcake. Octopus, Groupers, hunting Jacks and Tuna.
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers, Mark Fenech
65 minutes dive on Cirkewwa Amphores and Left Arch. Octopus, Dusky Grouper, Breams, Striped Grouper. Nice rocky formations and swimtrough.
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers, Mark Fenech
A great 60 minute dive with Mark towards Left Arch. Saw hunting Amberjacks on shoals of little fish. Groupers, Big parrotfish, octopus. NICE
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers
With Buddies Dive Cove. 2 excellent dives. Unusual route on left reef and sandy bottom. BIG flying gurnards, moray eel, octopus, stingray.
AMPHORES
Malta
Amphores or Left Reef is less known as a diving route in Cirkewwa but still interesting. Very different from the dive to the P29 or Tugboat Rozi there's a passage between massive boulders, where a few 'fake' amphoras have been placed on the bottom. The many trenches, crevasses, holes and large pebbles between the rocks and big boulders make Cirkewwa Amphores a great dive site to explore. With sufficient air you can also reach the arch in Paradise Bay, just around the corner at 10 meters depth, called 'Ben's Arch' or 'Left Cirkewwa Arch'. There are parking spaces reserved for divers. Always take your diving certificate with you and place it behind your windscreen.
Particulars
Enter the water at Susies Pool or at the concrete staircase that is located towards Paradise Bay. Now descend along the massive rock formations.
Warnings
Busy is summer season. There are parking spaces reserved for divers. Always take your diving certificate with you and place it behind your windscreen.
AMPHORES Features
- Nicknames
- Cirkewwa Left Reef or Amphores,Marfa Point Amphores
- Address
- Triq Il- Marfa, Il-Mellieħa, Marfa Point
- Parking
- Sufficient parking
- Distance
- 20 m.
- Suitable for
- All levels (beginners under supervision), underwater photography
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Free access, stairs or ladder, sloping path with handrail
- Facilities
- Accessible toilet, showers, snack car, cafetaria at ferry harbour
- Water
- Salt
- Tide
- N.v.t. / NA
- Kind of dive
- Shore dive, reef dive , explorer dive
- Current
- Sometimes strong from southwest to north-east, limited, variable
- Visibility
- 10 - 40 m.
- Average visibility
- 25 m.
- Depth
- 10 - 30 m.
- Bottom
- rotsblokken,grind of kiezel(stenen),rotsen,zand en zeegras
- Life
- Barracuda, double banded bream, scorpionfish, common hermit crab, amberjack, mediterranean moray or roman eel, common octopus, parrotfish, ornate- or turkish wrasse, flying gurnard, black faced blenny, painted comber, saddled bream
- Other recreation
- Swimming and snorkeling
- Emergency
- 112
AMPHORES Photos and Images
AMPHORES Log Report Images
Current weather conditions
Spots nearby
P29 patrol boat (0,10km)
Paradise bay (0,15km)
Susies pool (0,17km)
Right arch (0,29km)
Tugboat rozi (0,35km)
Reef beyond rozi (0,38km)
Rdum il-qawwi (1,39km)
Lantern point (1,83km)
Lantern point west (1,89km)
Qammieh point (2,12km)
Devils reef (2,19km)
P31 patrol boat (2,38km)
Shops nearby
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