MV Xlendi Wreck
MV Xlendi Wreck
Location
Mgarr
Highlights
The ferry wreck of the "MV Xlendi"
Visibility
40metres
Currents
Still to Caribbean Light
Site Depth
30metres
Difficulty
Advanced (Experienced Advanced Open Water)
Duration
25minutes
Sight-seeing
Chromis Chromis, Seastars, Nudibranch, Groupers, Barracudas and Flatworms
Hotspot Watch
The ferry "MV Xlendi" was given to the Ministry of Tourism and the community of divers by the Gozo Channel Company after they decided to build a new ship, the "MV Ta-Pinu" for the Malta / Gozo ferry service. After a complete cleaning and opening of some safety exits for divers, the Xlendi was sunk in October1999. Unfortunately, the wreck is lying up-side down but remains anyway an interesting site for experienced divers. After just one year spent in the water, life was already increasing and shoals of damselfish (Chromis chromis) share this artificial reef with seastars, nudibranch (Flabellina affinis) and other flatworms (Prostheceraeus giesbrechtii)...
Two more wrecks, the Karwela and the Cominoland, are also found in the vicinity.