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
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
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
Uitstekende duik met Christina Borner bij Left Reef, gewend aan zandvlaktes, gevonden octopus en tandbaars.
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers
Interessante duik met veel levenservaring: zeldzame transparante Moray Larva, weinig octopus, Squid Eggs, Big Anemone Hermite Krab, grote Dentex, Amberjack.
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers
2 mooie ondiepe duiken langs rechts & Linker rif. gebakken Egg Jellyfish, één zo groot als een bruidskoek. octopus, Groepers, jachtjacks en tonijn.
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers
65 minuten duiken op Cirkewwa Amphores en Linkerboog, Octopus, Dusky Grouper, Breams, Striped Grouper. Nice rotsachtige formaties en zwemmen.
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers
Een geweldige 60 minuten dwaalduik met Mark richting Linkerboogboog. Zaag jagen Amberjacks op scholen vissen. groeperingen, Grote papegaaivis, octopus. NICE
AMPHORES
Ben Leermakers
Met Buddies Dive Cove. 2 excellente duiken, ongewone route op links rif en zandige bodem, vliegende bivakkeringen, mureneel, 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
- limited, sometimes strong from southwest to north-east, variable
- Visibility
- 10 - 40 m.
- Average visibility
- 25 m.
- Depth
- 10 - 30 m.
- Bottom
- boulders, gravel or shingle or pebbles, rocks, sand and seagrass
- 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)
