MV COMINOLAND
Malta
The MV Cominoland was sunk on August 12, 2006 off the coast of Gozo, together with the MV Karwela. The ships are no more than 50 meters apart. It is a British minelayer from the Second World War which was later used as a ferry between Gozo and Comino. The MV Cominoland sits pretty straight on the bottom, at a maximum depth of about 40 meters. Both the MV Cominoland and the MV Karwela were sunken for the Niche Tourism for the Island of Gozo project. The visibility is excellent. You can often see the wreck from the surface! Near the ship is a reef with beautiful vegetation.
Particulars
Species: Originally small type minelayer, later transport ship and ferry. Length: 34.42m. Width:. 8.8m. Weight: 263 tons. Speed: 12 knots. Builder: Philip & Son LTD, Dartmouth. Year: 1942. Passengers: 400. Submerged on: August 13, 2006. Deepest point: 38m. Shallowest point: 32m.
Warnings
Marker buoy is only present during high season.
MV COMINOLAND Features
- Nicknames
- Xatt L'Ahmar
- Address
- Xatt L'Ahmar, Gozo, Malta
- Parking
- In high season in the morning very busy
- Distance
- 80 m.
- Suitable for
- Experienced wreck divers , groups, underwater photography
- Permit
- n.v.t.
- Access
- Stairs or ladder
- Facilities
- Mobile toilet , stairs
- Water
- Salt
- Tide
- n.v.t.
- Kind of dive
- Reef dive , deep dive (30m+), shore dive, boat dive, wreck dive
- Current
- Limited, strong, variable
- Visibility
- 25 - 35 m.
- Average visibility
- 30 m.
- Depth
- 42 m.
- Bottom
- zand
- Life
- Dusky grouper or merou, stingray, barracuda, red or greater hermit crab, amberjack, mediterranean moray or roman eel, common octopus, dentex, marbled electric ray
- Other recreation
- None
- Emergency
- 112
Current weather conditions
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