Oct 2011

Over 10 members of the dive club left Salisbury on the 8th of October and made the long journey by land sea and air to the Gozo Just off Malta to dive some of the warm crystal clear waters that Mediterranean diving offers.

During the 7 day expedition the team dived many of the Amazing dive sites on the island, including the Karwela car ferry, the Inland Sea, Blue Hole and some caves of Mgarr Ix Xini.

Based out of Marsalforn a village on the north west coast of Gozo which lies between the hill-top towns of Xagra and Zebbug. And most important of all the village has also become the premiere diving centre on Gozo, with several scuba diving schools, of which the team used the Atlantis Diving Centre.

Gozo is easy to grasp, a “small” yellow limestone rock reaching up to 176 m out of the sea. With rugged coastlines and many sheer cliffs that drop vertically from 40m to almost 160m below sea level, these are the main characteristics of this 15 km by 7 km island, and this unique landscape produces some awe inspiring diving locations.

Everyone on the trip would like to thank APS Marine of Salisbury for organising the expedition, without their effort the trip would not have taken place. All divers managed to get in some amazing dives, which will linger in their memories for some years to come, and some are already talking about a return trip in the next couple of years.