Marsalforn Bay (Il-Bajja ta’ Marsalforn)

★★★★☆ (2,320)

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

Octopus

Octopus

232 Sightings
J
1
F
0
M
0
A
11
M
22
J
38
J
66
A
51
S
27
O
16
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.: 200

Moray Eel

Moray Eel

69 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
13
M
11
J
0
J
26
A
19
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

119 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
10
J
25
J
41
A
23
S
10
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.: 30

Sand Eel

Sand Eel

109 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
10
M
0
J
11
J
46
A
32
S
0
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.: 100

Parrotfish

Parrotfish

86 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
7
M
0
J
0
J
56
A
12
S
11
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

76 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
14
M
14
J
0
J
28
A
20
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

Flounder

Flounder

59 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
31
A
16
S
12
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.: 125

Gurnards

Gurnards

27 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
27
A
0
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.: 7000

Crab

Crab

23 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
23
A
0
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.: 3400

Shrimp

Shrimp

16 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
0
J
16
A
0
S
0
O
0
N
0
D
0

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