© Islands Tec Dive, MFN 1516 Marsalforn
Marsalforn Bay (Il-Bajja ta’ Marsalforn)
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Marsalforn Bay lies right in front of our Dive Shop. It is a shallow bay ideal for training and night dives with a maximum depth of 11 m. Underwater you will find fields of Posidonia sea grass as well as a sandy bottom. Both hiding different types of sea creatures.
Flying gurnards, octopus, sole fish, lizardfish, mullets and pipe fish can be seen during the dives.
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
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
262 Sightings
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11
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23
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54
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Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
78 Sightings
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15
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19
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Total number of species approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
11 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 120
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Cuttlefish
127 Sightings
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11
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25
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47
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24
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10
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10
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 30
Shutterstock-s_a_j
Sand Eel
117 Sightings
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10
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11
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54
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32
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10
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Total number of species approx.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
102 Sightings
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7
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71
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13
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11
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 250
iStock-Miguel-Angelo-Silva.
Scorpionfish
94 Sightings
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14
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20
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39
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21
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 120
AdobeStock-Composer.
Flounder
59 Sightings
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31
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16
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12
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Total number of species approx.: 125
SSI-Peter-Schinck
Gurnards
37 Sightings
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37
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 7000
iStock-Michael Zeigler
Crab
23 Sightings
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23
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Total number of species approx.: 3400
Shutterstock-Shane Gross
Shrimp
16 Sightings
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16
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
13 Sightings
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13
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
10 Sightings
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