Qawra Reef

The Qawra reef is an interesting reef on the Northern part of Malta, ideal for both beginners and intermediate level divers

The Qawra Reef is one of the most beautiful reefs in the touristic resort of Qawra in Malta and is a perfect dive for beginners and intermediate divers. Access to the Qawra Reef is easily done from the shore and offers a drop off until 40 m with a nice wall as well as several big caves on the right side of it.

The caves are going inside and under the reef and are safe to enter as they have wide entrances and do go deep. If you like marine life this is the place for you as you will find Spiny or Slipper Lobsters, hermit crabs, nudibranchs and spider crabs.

If you follow the drop off to the deeper parts there are large boulders,  which are home to barracudas, dentex, tuna and amberjack hunting for smaller fish and it is here that you can spot the rare Axinella verrucosa (Mediterranean 'finger' sponge).

The Qawra Reef dive site has several shallow parts where the reef top comes to around 15 m for the beginners to explore with parrot fish, different types of groupers and cardinal fish to watch. This dive is not well known, so you might be the only one exploring the Qawra Reef.