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About this site
The MV Karwela is a former passenger ferry that was scuttled off Gozo near Għajnsielem as part of an artificial reef project, coming to rest close to sister ship MV Xlendi in the same area. It sits upright on a sandy bottom and is a popular wreck dive in the Comino Channel area, penetrable in parts for divers with wreck training. The site reaches a maximum depth of 39.8 metres and is rated an intermediate dive over a wreck bottom. Divers have reported cuttlefish, lobster, moray eels, octopus, and seahorses around the hull. It is often dived alongside the nearby Xlendi and Cominoland wrecks as part of a multi-wreck trip.
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.
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
LobsterLobsterReported here · unconfirmed
CuttlefishCuttlefishReported here · unconfirmed
Mediterranean Rainbow WrasseCoris julisReported here · unconfirmed
Painted ComberSerranus scribaReported here · unconfirmed
European ParrotfishSparisoma cretenseReported here · unconfirmed
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavoReported here · unconfirmed
ComberSerranus cabrillaReported here · unconfirmed
Mediterranean DamselfishChromis chromisReported here · unconfirmed
Mauve StingerPelagia noctilucaReported here · unconfirmed
SeahorseSeahorseReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
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