P31 Patrol Boat

Comino, Maltawreck20 m maxbeginner

Conditions

Channel site — tidal current funnels through here and can run fast, changing quickly with the tide. Dive with a local operator who knows the timing.

P31 Patrol BoatComino

Good · 5/5

conditions visualisation

Good5/5

Calm and diveable right now — best window today 7 AM–5 PM.

Wind6 kn WNW

Current~0.1 kn N · model

Swell

0.3 m · 4s · NW

Water

22 °C

Max depth

20 m

Conditions through the day

6 AM6 PM

Sunrise 06:32 · Sunset 17:01 local

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On-face swell 0.0 m — the component of the swell aimed at this site’s exposed face. Strong-current reef: plan a drift and enter near the slack windows above. Current is a regional model value (Copernicus, ~9 km grid) — a guide to the area, not a precise reef measurement. Imagery © Esri · not depth or visibility.

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Marine forecast via Copernicus Marine. Score is a rule-based guide from swell/wind vs. the site's exposure — always dive your own assessment.

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About this site

The P31 Patrol Boat is a wreck off the island of Comino, Malta. She was a minesweeper, named Pasewalk (GS05) by the Germans, and was renamed P31 when sold to Malta in 1992, where she served as a patrol boat. She is a sister ship of the P29 at Cirkewwa. The Malta Tourism Authority bought and decommissioned her, cleaned the vessel and scuttled it as an artificial dive site in 2009.

The wreck sits upright on white sand in about 20 to 22 metres, and is 52 metres long. It can only be reached by boat. Boats usually moor on the buoy that marks the wreck, and you descend the mooring line or anchor line. Cliffs surround the site on the Comino side, with the watchtower above.

Marine life includes nudibranchs, moray eels, scorpionfish and octopus. Small stingrays are often found on the sand around the wreck. Large shoals of damselfish cover the ship, and lizardfish and jacks often hunt nearby in clear water. The shallow depth lets the colours show well for photography.

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You need to be certified to 18 metres, so Open Water Diver is the minimum. Penetration needs a wreck diver certification. The wreck was prepared for divers, with all possible entrances and exits left open. Nitrox is recommended.

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