HMS Maori

★★★★☆ (3,002)

HMS Maori is one of the many World War II wrecks around Maltese islands, but unlike most of them that are deep boat dives, Maori is a shallow dive that can be done from the shore. Maori lies on a sandy bottom with a maximum depth of 16 metres. The wreck is about 42 metres in length and quite broken.

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.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 300

Octopus

305 Sightings
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13
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8
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5
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0
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14
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20
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70
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84
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32
O
29
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23
D
7

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Total number of species: 200

Moray Eel

151 Sightings
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5
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5
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0
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0
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10
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33
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29
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32
O
16
N
21
D
0

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Total number of species: 80

Stingrays

126 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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24
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44
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37
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21
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0
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0
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0

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Total number of species: 120

Flounder

119 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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14
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26
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46
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33
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0
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0
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0

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Total number of species: 250

Grouper/Basslets

116 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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7
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0
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14
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27
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37
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21
O
10
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0
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0

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Total number of species: 250

Scorpionfish

114 Sightings
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0
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0
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11
M
0
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14
J
20
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34
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22
O
13
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0
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0

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Total number of species: 125

Gurnards

84 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
A
0
M
0
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0
J
31
A
37
S
16
O
0
N
0
D
0

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Total number of species: 3000

Nudibranch

59 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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11
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17
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16
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15
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0
O
0
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0
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0

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Total number of species: 120

Cuttlefish

41 Sightings
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0
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0
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8
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8
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0
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0
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14
A
11
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0
O
0
N
0
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0

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Total number of species: 40

Triggerfish

38 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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12
J
15
A
11
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0
O
0
N
0
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0

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Total number of species: 350

Damselfish

18 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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18
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0
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0
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0
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0

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