MEDITERRANEAN
Malta · Um El Faroud
- Malta
- Advanced
- May - October
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- Advanced
- Depth guide
- Wreck 18-35 m
- When to go
- May - October
- Site type
- Wreck
Featured wildlife
- Dusky grouper
- Giant moray
- Green turtle
- Common bottlenose dolphin
About this dive site
A scuttled tanker wreck off Wied iz-Zurrieq near the Blue Grotto.
The Um El Faroud was sunk as a diver’s wreck after a tragic explosion in Valletta harbour. It rests upright off Qrendi with swim-throughs, silversides shoals in summer and easy pairing with Malta’s inland caves and reefs.
Match wreck depth - and any penetration - to your training; many famous wrecks are enjoyed from the outside only. Calendar peak is May - October, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Malta day to day, not just the map pin.