Depth 15 m max depth
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HMS Maori
Balluta Bay, Gozo, MaltaAbout this dive site
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Max Depth: -15mt √ Shore dive √ Beginners Freedivers and Scuba divers HMS Maori is one of the many World War II wrecks around Maltese islands, but unlike most of them that are deep boat dives, Maori is a shallow dive that can be done from the shore. She is a real war wreck suitable for novice divers also. Maori lies on a sandy bottom with a maximum depth of 16 metres. The wreck is about 42 metres in length and quite broken. HMS Maori was a 115 metres long British destroyer that sunk in Grand Harbour of Valletta by German air raid attack in February 1942. In July 1945 the wreck was raised, and the forepart was scuttled to its current position in St. Elmo Bay near the entrance to Marsamxett Harbour on the other side of Valletta. HMS Maori is the shallowest wreck dive in Malta with its maximum depth of 16 m. Unique diving experience for all types of divers surrounded by Culture and History.
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Dive type Wreck
Dive type Reef
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- Wreck
- Reef
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5.0
2 reviews
Nice and Easy dive. Ti be explained before diving. Thanks Joe and Petra of 7R diving in Saint Julians Bat
I Dived HMS Māori some years ago it was a lovely dive , Interesting fact , their is an Artillery shell Embedded in the hill , being only 15 metres down the sun was streaming onto it where it had 1945 on it it seems like everyone gave it a rub . As even being brass it was shiny as hell. The only downside to this dive was when you finished the dive by waiting for a wave to wash onto the rocks ( all flat thou) and you scrabbled up like a turtle ! Very un dignified I might say