* Anchor Bay (where the village Popeye). is not reaching Cirkewa, to the left.
while you go to the bay - on the opposite side there is a cartoon village, which was once built for the filming of the regular film about the sailor Popeye, but then became one of the famous tourist places in Malta. beautiful houses with curved roofs, mini-water park, wooden pier with a bunch of sun beds, cafes, souvenir shops, in general a lot of things ... we have not been there, but only from the opposite side looked at it. an ideal place to send there the unwilling, and on the other side and under the water
but the entrance fee.
opposite in the rock is cut, like a knife, artificial descent that goes to the concrete pier (before the film was continued). no matter how healthy the pier was - but the middleland and it did not spare - the beginning of the pier is broken by waves and fell down to a meter, but to go down there really, even in the outfit. the pier stands across the bay, so that the entrance to the water from the inside to any storm is not a problem, as is the access to the pris by the ladder.
inside the bay is very shallow, floats flounder, mullet, scorpion. and that the most ridiculous - whether scorpions know how to change color, whether on the sand live yellow-green, and on the stones red-brown. in the pier there is a place where it can be swim through. we swim the pier, and finally we come to the places that I like most of all in the middle of the earth - the most varied landscapes, all overgrown with sponges, algae, grass. pillars, stones, gorges, pits. sometimes there are pits in which a layer of torn grass and algae hangs on the bottom, which, together with the water, dangles back and forth after the waves. but since you are hanging out with water in the same direction - then if you are attentive to look at this "cushion" of algae - it seems that they are not going back and forth, and that the stones are moving. totally unrealistic feeling. do not know that the depth of 5-7 meters - here it is Nitrogen Narcosis
if you swim to the left, then after a while the small landscapes end and a larger hole is found, just after a small cliff, and on the right there is a big canyon.
and from this pit to the shore, the depth of about 6m, there is an entrance to the cave.
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Cave : right at the entrance, almost in the middle, at the bottom, a stunning dark purple anemone grows. how many I saw them in the middle of the road -this was the first time I met him.
unfortunately we (probably still me) did not understand our guide very well, and went to look for the remaining halls of the cave not inside it, but went outside and went along the wall. and it was necessary to look for the bottom, inside the first hall. it is a fairly large room, in shape closest to the ball. meters 10-15 probably in diameter. in it from the interesting -the dome and the view of the entrance with the lights turned off, well, the fish come across. but in the other two halls live shrimp, and some sponges. unfortunately we did not get there
we did not immediately see the passage to another hall.
if you go further, along the wall, behind the cave, then at the bottom lie some strange structures, similar to antennas from the ship, a meter two or three long.
in general in such regions it is most possible to meet different creatures, stars, moray eels (only there I was the only one on this trip and saw), the most diverse fish.
It is very unfortunate that DC thinks this dive site is not the most interesting -it seems to me to dive in there the last days, before departure -the best place -rest yourself calmly, no more than 12 meters deep, you can not fail anywhere, and you can always find something new. than to me the Mediterranean Sea most of all also is pleasant -and you try to find this beauty! but then all efforts will be repeatedly rewarded. Yes, and a ball 15 enough for a very long time, rather freeze than tired or the air will end.
well, and for introdive -a place better not to think
although in general, let go to free swimming, if the person keeps well. here is our Princess, who before that she once dived with scuba, at first was afraid, snorted from the mask, but then, as I understand it, almost had to force her to pull out
and I'm happy with how very much I stayed, and the suit and fins -as it should -pink was specially found for her, and even had time to be photographed on the photo
* Manoel Island (between Sliema and Valletta)
the entrance to the island is made on the bridge, but somehow you do not even notice it, admiring the protective walls of the fortresses of Valeta. on the hill there is a hospital, further on the end of the island -there was a palace, alas -I do not know the name, there is a restoration. the car stops on the road, at the lowest point where we unload. before the water -a couple of stones, and you already dived. we are looking for a free place among cacti and bushes, where to lay out the equipment. dressed, close the car and go ahead.
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rack X-127 WaterLighter Coralita -was hit during the war in 42 year by torpedo. It brought equipment, medicines to the hospital. at the bottom are still lying beds, fallen out of him.
lies much to the right of the place where they went into the water, but at least in the bays near the cities the water and muddy, but on the road a lot of funny things happened. Almost no algae and grass (only mostly placers of small pebbles and cobblestones), but all kinds of living creatures are full of stars, worm-trees (with brushes of centimeters 10-15 cm) in diameter, different fish. cuttlefish was met on the way back. ancient bottles come across. Our guide even found there at the bottom and showed us the remains of an ancient clay pipe.
the boat lies starting from 7 meters and down, exactly along the slope, up to 20-30 meters, at an angle of about 45 degrees. visibility is like this, meters 5. if you look from above -then in the right board you can see a hole from the torpedo. on the deck there are manholes from light mines. on the nose are large bollards.
of the features -a real crippled ship, and not a "dummy". its location is very interesting -45 degrees down the slope of the shore.
* Marsascala
on the cape a large parking lot. the road along which they rode passes around it, passing between it and the sea along an even arc. Open space, and gentle
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racks of tugs Toughboat T-10 and SanMichel .
to divide their meaning no - because they make up the intended composition together. stand strictly one by one. depth is less - about 25 m.
first go to the one on the left.
visibility is not very, meter 3-4. the rack is old enough (in appearance). passing on the starboard side - inside is visible a latrine, and a sea cucumber, almost literally sitting on it
on the rack a lot of small blue nudibranchs. alas, it's a bit of a storm, and that's why it's hard to take a picture of it - all the time the shag is coming out ... but the warmth and statistics will change everything - more or less we managed to find one normal frame from the heap
small boat.
go to the next, about 25 meters from him. similar in size, but with a pipe. the same inside did not climb. there are also nudibranchs.
on the way to the shore they met a bunch of sea stars, fish, seaweed. octopus.
