HMS Maori

★★★★☆ (3,198)

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

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 300

Octopus

Octopus

313 Sightings
J
13
F
11
M
9
A
0
M
15
J
20
J
70
A
84
S
32
O
29
N
23
D
7

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 200

Moray Eel

Moray Eel

146 Sightings
J
5
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
10
J
33
A
29
S
32
O
16
N
21
D
0

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 120

Flounder

Flounder

129 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
10
M
0
J
14
J
26
A
46
S
33
O
0
N
0
D
0

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 80

Stingrays

Stingrays

126 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
24
J
44
A
37
S
21
O
0
N
0
D
0

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 250

Scorpionfish

Scorpionfish

115 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
12
M
0
J
14
J
20
A
34
S
22
O
13
N
0
D
0

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 250

Grouper/Basslets

Grouper/Basslets

109 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
14
J
27
A
37
S
21
O
10
N
0
D
0

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 125

Gurnards

Gurnards

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

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 3000

Nudibranch

Nudibranch

59 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
11
J
17
J
16
A
15
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 120

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish

49 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
11
A
13
M
0
J
0
J
14
A
11
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 40

Triggerfish

Triggerfish

38 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
12
J
15
A
11
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 350

Damselfish

Damselfish

18 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
0
A
18
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

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