SANTA MARIA REEF
Malta
Easy dive site
Santa Maria Reef is located North East of Comino Island just before Santa Maria Caves. This dive is suitable for all level of divers with a maximum depth of 22 metres. The boat will anchor in 10 metres. Less visited but this is a large dive site with two main routes. The routes are chosen before the dive according to the group. There are a number of swim-throughs and overhangs.
Particulars
Santa Maria Reef is well known for sponges, tubeworms and corals. The large swim through to the north has a large colony of red anemones in its roof.
Warnings
Exposed for northern winds.
SANTA MARIA REEF Features
- Nicknames
- Santa Marija Reef
- Address
- N.v.t. N/A
- Parking
- At boat charter
- Distance
- 30 min.
- Suitable for
- All levels, underwater photography
- Permit
- N.v.t.
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- None
- Water
- Salt
- Tide
- N.v.t.
- Kind of dive
- Boat dive, reef dive , explorer dive, underwater naturalist
- Current
- Limited, variable
- Visibility
- 20-40 m.
- Average visibility
- 30 m.
- Depth
- 22 m.
- Bottom
- rotsblokken, zand en rotsen
- Life
- Anemone, bath sponge, barracuda, double banded bream, sardine, scorpionfish, amberjack, tube worm, soft coral, common octopus, sponge, striped red mullet, painted comber, saddled bream
- Other recreation
- None
- Emergency
- 112
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