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The Azure Window at Dwejra photographed before it collapsed into the sea in March 2017, a limestone arch with a small boat passing beneath it

dive site beach

Dwejra

The Inland Sea, the Blue Hole and Fungus Rock on the west coast, and the best-known diving in the Maltese islands.

  • San Lawrenz, Gozo
  • Over rock
  • Busy

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What it is like

Not a beach. A flooded sinkhole connected to the open sea by a tunnel through the cliff, with the Blue Hole and Fungus Rock a short walk over the rock to the south. The Azure Window stood here until it collapsed in March 2017, and the rubble is now a dive site in its own right.

The wind

Dwejra faces west and takes the full Atlantic swell that a punent or an lbic pushes in. When it is rough the boatmen will not run the tunnel and the Blue Hole entry becomes dangerous. In an lvant or a grigal it is calm.

Diving

The Blue Hole is the most dived site in the Maltese islands: a natural shaft in the rock that opens into the sea at about fifteen metres. Entry is over rock and there is a chain to help. It is a serious site in any swell.

The Inland Sea

Fishermen run small boats through the tunnel to the open sea and back for a few euro. Worth doing once, and the only way to see the cliffs from below.

Map of Dwejra. Open in Google Maps for directions, or on OpenStreetMap.

Bays close by

Check the wind before you drive

Every bay on the island with its declared exposure and a live verdict, sorted by what actually works today.