Is a ladder rickety or missing? Any dangers that someone could do something about? Are you noticing illegal activities on site? Do you have a suggestion to improve the diving facilities on site? Or on the positive side: Something well done that you would like to let others know, like addition / change of ladders or good maintenance of public utilities? Tell authorities and visitors to this website about it by filling the form below.
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Current entries received from you
Date | Name of diving site | Issue status | Site issue, Comment or Message to send to authorities and divers about this diving site | File Upload (Publicly viewable) |
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05/05/2024 | Xatt l-Ahmar, Mgarr ix-Xini, Ras il-Hobz, Reqqa Point | Resolved | Lack of toilets means that tourist divers have nowhere to go to relieve themselves before, in between or after dives, except for bushes! The Gozitan diving industry could be rewarded with a few more mobile toilets at key spots such as Xatt l-ahmar (three wrecks and Hephaestus entry), Mgarr ix-Xini, Ras il-Hobz and Reqqa Point. Spent hundreds to come dive to Gozo & then relieve yourself in the bushes, or behind rocks! The most disgusting pictures are sent in private not to disgust the readers! Divinginfo.mt update 07/05/2024 -- Response from Public entity: "The mobile toilets in Xatt l-Ahmar and Mgarr ix-Xini will be in place in two days..most probably tomorrow.". Additional feedback was provided for the two other sites. | |
23/04/2024 | Mgarr ix-Xini | Open / Current Issue | No toilets in place but loooots of divers (10+ trucks) which use the bushes at the back of the Cafe. Disgusting! | |
30/04/2024 | Xatt L’Ahmar Wrecks | Resolved | [RESOLVED] The only ladder in place from the 2, needs serious maintenance as it is just kept in place by 1 chain, the rest is hanging broken - [Update 01/12/2024 - ladders in place] | |
30/04/2024 | Cirkewwa - P29 and ROzi | Partly resolved | Commercial boats driving over the P29 and Rozi Wrecks against notice to mariners 215 of 2023. Boats in video are clearly identifiable and should be at the very least warned! Update 07/09/2024 - A new notice to Mariners was issued which now outlaws all boat traffic, save for diving support boats. | |
30/04/2024 | Anchor Bay | Resolved | Extremely slippery on the jetty and walk way to the ladder First ladder is missing (from road down to jetty) plus, hand rail is missing The second ladder on the jetty is very loose Update: 07/09/2024 - During a visit on site we noted these issues were sorted. | |
29/04/2024 | Anchor Bay - Popeye Village | Resolved | Anchor Bay (old broken quay side) - Still no safe ladder / pathway for safe entrance/exit for scuba divers. Also, the whole path going down is full of fallen rocks and debris. I see in the list that its been reported two years ago! Can this site be made safer, with anti-rockfall netting? A general cleanup would be nice too! Divinginfo.mt update: Cleansing & maintenance Department reply 01/05/2024: "issues for beach ladders and cleaning of bay were forwarded to the relative sections" Divinginfo.mt update: On-site visit on 07/09/2024 - General cleanup had been carried out and beach ladders and a pathway were present. | |
27/04/2024 | Exiles Beach / Tug 2 | Resolved | No entry ladder under the Paradise Exiles entry - missing for a few weeks now. MTA - update 29/04/2024 - "Our contractor had been informed and a new ladder has been ordered. Hopefully it will be installed within the coming weeks." Update 29/052024 - Issue has been resolved as seen from pictures on social media. | |
26/04/2024 | Xatt l-Aħmar and Reqqa Point, mgarr ix-xini, Ras il-Hobz | Partly resolved | No portaloo /bathroom facilties at any of these sites, with visiting divers having to use bushes and trees, and a general mess thus caused. Somone forgot that Gozo has a diving Industry? How can instructors tell tourists to go in bushes to relieve themselves??? -----divinginfo.mt update - portaloos placed in summer, not a permanent solution, | |
22/03/2024 | Xatt l-Ahmar | Resolved | The video attached shows sewage or dirty water runoff that is ongoing for weeks at Xatt l-Ahmar, in Ghajnsielem, Gozo. This spot is a popular diving site that is used year-round and frequented by both locals and tourists. Divers on site report the smell to be disgusting. Can you kindly direct WSC drainage staff to try to find the source of leaks and sort this once and for all? Ideally, a cleaning up operation is needed too as the stagnant water in pools makes the area feel like a cesspit. | |
25/02/2024 | Xatt l-ahmar / MT Hephaestus | Partly resolved | A contributor to our site has advised us today that the path to access the Xatt l-Ahmar diving site has been washed out due to recent storms, making it highly difficult for diving support vehicles (save 4x4s) to arrive near enough to the entry point for the M/T Hephaestus wreck for divers with heavy equipment (as is needed for such a dive). This has also reminded me about the previous correspondence exchanged which you can see below, where we had pointed out that no kitting up facilities were available in the area, such as benches or equipment setting up tables, as further to the west for the Three Wrecks entry point. Over a year later so far no improvement has been noted at this site. Your attention is kindly solicited to take the necessary action so that both the local residents, as well as the very much prized & sought quality tourists that the diving spots of Gozo attract, can have decent access to and at the very least, basic facilities rather than setting up highly sensitive equipment worth thousands of euros on a muddy shore. |
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