It’s always great when you find a new species to you. A headshield sea slug, Aglaja tricolorata.
Dive Gozo in Facebook Post on 12/05/2023
These live on a sandy bottom and borrow into the sand. They grow to 40mm in length and have a very fine “tail” which can be up to twice their body length. Although called a tricolor, they are always brown and spotted white.
Over the past few weeks, quite a few sightings were reported of barracuda schools being seen close to shore at a few sites. Video below from the first Boat dive of the season by the Amphibians Diving Club. Want to see them first hand? Join a diving club or start your training.
This triton’s trumpet does not make sounds (or at least, that we know of), but if it did, it would be playing a classical piece the likes of Mozart! Awesome pictures shared by Malta’s Marine Marvels – thanks for showing us the beauty of this mollusc, which many people only see as a dead shell Read More
Transport Malta issued Local Notice to Mariners 003 of 2023 reminding mariners about keeping a 100m safe distance from Divers’ flags. Read the notice below.
We are reproducing below an email being circulated locally by the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) announcing its participation in a Maltese Blue Culture Technology Excellence Hub. According to information at http://bcthubs.eu: “BCThubs aims to build in the participating Widening countries (i.e. Greece, Bulgaria and Malta), Blue Culture Technology Excellence Hubs, as permanent structures, supporting Read More
Well done for another cleanup organised by Żibel at Qawra last Saturday. Almost unbelievable how junk keeps making it to our seabeds, but then again, many still need to be able to get their head underwater and see the mess in some places. Thanks to Raniero Borg for sharing the video below on Facebook and Read More
The Malta Police Force announced today that sadly a diver died at Dwejra, Gozo. The cause or reason for the incident was not provided in the press release by the Police. A photo on social media indicated that the diver was brought in at the inland sea dive site, where paramedics attempted to assist the Read More