Interest
Cave & Reef
Popularity
High
Depth
5+m (avg), 15+m (max)
Qualification
Beginner
Shore access
Easy
Location
35.9151° N 14.5089° E (Exact)
35°54.906' N 014°30.534' E
35°54'54" N 014°30'32" E
Rating
★★★★☆ from 6 divers

Fortizza Reef is a shore dive site located off the seaside promenade in Sliema, northeast coast of Malta. The shallow reef is full of caverns, tunnels, arches, overhangs, valleys, gullies and interesting rock formations for divers to explore. Fortizza Reef also has a surprising amount of marine life, and is an excellent place for underwater photography. This reef site is good for practising navigational skills, both with a compass and by underwater pilotage. Fortizza Reef is suitable dive site for all levels of divers, with maximum depth of the dive around 15 metres.

Fortizza Reef and adjacent Coral Gardens are also known as Sliema House Reef.

Nudibranch found on the reef [Diego Rivera] Cuttlefish chilling in the reef [Diego Rivera] Nudibranch found in one of the tunnels [Diego Rivera] Diver at Fortizza Reef Fortizza Reef dive site

Comments and Ratings

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Diego Rivera, October 2023:
★★★★★ I did my first dive in Malta there. The views are beautiful with stunning rock formations like tunnels, arches and lots of marine life
Nestor Nestor, October 2023:
★★★★★ Amazing site for both snorkel and scuba diving, Full of life, octopus, morays, and all kind of fish.
Tim Gordon, October 2023:
★★★★★ Amazing dive site, full of life ! It’s interesting for both beginner and more advanced divers that want to explore the tunnels and caverns
Adam Sant, August 2022:
★★★☆☆ Some decent swimthroughs and sea life is not half bad. Better sites around but not bad for a shallow relaxing dive.
Tia Silvanto, October 2017:
★★★☆☆ I did my first scuba diving course here :)
Mika Tanninen, April 2015:
★★★☆☆ Few nice swim throughs.

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