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About this site
Big Bear and Coral Gardens sit along the coastline of Gozo, the smaller island of the Maltese archipelago, in the central Mediterranean. Sites along this part of Gozo are typically shore or short boat dives over the island's characteristic limestone terrain. The site reaches a maximum depth of around 20 metres and is rated an intermediate dive. Divers have also reported comber, dusky spinefoot, European parrotfish, Mediterranean damselfish, Mediterranean rainbow wrasse, ornate wrasse, and painted comber around the reef here.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Painted ComberSerranus scribaReported here · unconfirmed
Mediterranean Rainbow WrasseCoris julisReported here · unconfirmed
European ParrotfishSparisoma cretenseReported here · unconfirmed
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavoReported here · unconfirmed
ComberSerranus cabrillaReported here · unconfirmed
Mediterranean DamselfishChromis chromisReported here · unconfirmed
Dusky SpinefootSiganus luridusReported here · unconfirmed
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