Bristol Beaufighter
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Bristol Beaufighter is a World War II airplane wreck dive in Malta. The plane was a twin-engine two-seat heavy fighter, about 12.6m in length with 17.6m wingspan. On 17th March 1943 soon after takeoff, this Beaufighter experienced mechanical problems, and the crew had to ditch the plane in the sea.
At this dive site you can see mediterranean sea bream, stingrays, moray eels, grouper, common octopus, cuttlefish, red starfish, damselfish and many other reef fishes.
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Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
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Total number of species: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
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Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
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Total number of species: 250
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Scorpionfish
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Total number of species: 40
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Triggerfish
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Total number of species: 7000
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Crab
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Total number of species: 125
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Gurnards
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