Gozo
Malta · Mediterranean
Gozo (Malta's smaller sister island) is the Mediterranean's best shore diving — limestone caves, blue holes, dramatic arches (the now collapsed Azure Window's underwater remains), and the Inland Sea swim through.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Limestone caves, archways, and wrecks. Reef ecology is sponge and gorgonian — coral cover not the right framing.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Warmer than usual right now, but not hot enough to bleach.
Fishing
Protected on paper, but boats are still busy nearby.
Sources · MERMAID and partner coral surveys · NOAA Coral Reef Watch · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
37 species across the dive sites here
Garden Snail
Seen 6 days ago
at Um El Faroud Wreck
Filfola Lizard
Seen 7 days ago
at Um El Faroud Wreck
Least concern
Mediterranean Moray Eel
Seen 21 days ago
at HMS Southwold
Least concern
Mediterranean moray
Seen 21 days ago
at Um El Faroud Wreck
Least concern
Painted comber
Seen 24 days ago
at MV Karwela
Least concern
Rainbow wrasse
Seen 24 days ago
at MV Rozi Wreck
Least concern
Saddled Bream
Seen 25 days ago
at Cirkewwa Arch
Least concern
Common octopus
Seen 25 days ago
at Statue of Christ & Imperial Eagle
Least concern
Octopus
Seen 25 days ago
at Blue Hole and Inland Sea
Least concern
Common two-banded seabream
Seen 26 days ago
at Statue of Christ & Imperial Eagle
Least concern
Damselfish
Seen 26 days ago
at MV Karwela
Least concern
Mediterranean Damselfish
Seen 26 days ago
at Ghar Qawqla
Least concern
Moray Eel
Seen 26 days ago
at Blue Hole Gozo
Least concern
Common cuttlefish
Seen 1 month ago
at HMS Maori
Least concern
Chocolate-Band Snail
Seen 1 month ago
at Blue Hole and Inland Sea
Dusky grouper
Seen 1 month ago
at Blue Hole Gozo
Grouper
Seen 1 month ago
at Azure Window Collapse
Cardinalfish
Seen 1 month ago
at MV Rozi Wreck
Least concern
Salema
Seen 1 month ago
at HMS Maori
Least concern
Madeira Scorpionfish
Seen 1 month ago
at Blue Hole Gozo
Least concern
John Dory
Seen 1 month ago
at HMS Russell
Barracuda
Seen 2 months ago
at MV Karwela
Least concern
European barracuda
Seen 2 months ago
at Statue of Christ & Imperial Eagle
Least concern
Mediterranean Barracuda
Seen 2 months ago
at Cirkewwa Arch
Least concern
Flying gurnard
Seen 3 months ago
at P29 Patrol Boat
Least concern
Sea bream
Seen 5 months ago
at MV Rozi Wreck
Scorpionfish
Seen 9 months ago
at MV Rozi Wreck
Least concern
Red scorpionfish
Seen 9 months ago
at HMS Maori
Least concern
Common stingray
Seen 9 months ago
at P29 Patrol Boat
Vulnerable
Long-snouted seahorse
Seen 10 months ago
at HMS Maori
Near threatened
Mauve Stinger
Seen Jan 2025
at Blue Hole Gozo
European conger
Seen Oct 2024
at P29 Patrol Boat
Least concern
Amberjack
Seen Sep 2024
at Um El Faroud Wreck
Least concern
Greater amberjack
Seen Sep 2024
at Statue of Christ & Imperial Eagle
Least concern
Conger Eel
Seen year round
at HMS Russell
Least concern
Forkbeard
Seen year round
at HMS Russell
Least concern
Red Gorgonian
Seen year round
at HMS Russell
Dive sites
Blue Hole and Inland Sea
octopus · mediterranean moray · damselfish · filfola lizard
Azure Window Collapse
grouper · mediterranean moray · octopus · filfola lizard
Um El Faroud Wreck
barracuda · amberjack · mediterranean moray · filfola lizard
MV Rozi Wreck
sea bream · scorpionfish · rainbow wrasse · cardinalfish
HMS Maori
mediterranean moray · common octopus · salema · cardinalfish
Statue of Christ & Imperial Eagle
dusky grouper · greater amberjack · european barracuda · mediterranean moray
What divers say
Pull up to a roadside parking, walk down stone steps, drop into a 25m blue hole. Gozo does Mediterranean shore diving better than anywhere.
Good to know
Rental car essential
Most sites are roadside; a car makes the whole island accessible.