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Pembroke, the nearest town, 5 km away. Photo: Txllxt TxllxT, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Junkers JU88

Dive site · Malta

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

87Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

3 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 82 out of 100

Sea
0.7 m
Wind
15 kn
Gusts
21kn
Air
19°C

Wed 4 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
20°C

Thu 5 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.1 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
20°C

Fri 6 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
8kn
Air
20°C

Sat 7 · 87 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
20°C

Sun 8 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
20°C

Mon 9 · 88 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
22°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 273, good
  2. Tue 382, good
  3. Wed 488, good
  4. Thu 587, good
  5. Fri 687, good
  6. Sat 787, good
  7. Sun 888, good
  8. Mon 988, good
  9. Tue 1088, good
  10. Wed 1186, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 106 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 22 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • Faces NEswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Junkers JU88
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov73, good1.0 m21 kn31knboats in19°C
Tue 3Nov82, good0.7 m15 kn21kn19°C
Wed 4Nov88, good0.2 mflat3 kn6kn20°C
Thu 5Nov87, good0.1 mflat6 kn9kn20°C
Fri 6Nov87, good0.2 mflat4 kn8kn20°C
Sat 7Nov87, good0.2 mflat5 kn7kn20°C
Sun 8Nov88, good0.2 mflat1 kn10kn20°C
Mon 9Nov88, good0.2 mflat3 kn7kn22°C
Tue 10Nov88, good0.1 mflat4 kn8kn23°C
Wed 11Nov86, good0.2 mflat12 kn15kn24°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Mon 2 NovLow 02:37 −0.0 mHigh 09:29 +0.1 mLow 16:08 −0.0 mHigh 22:27 +0.1 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 04:31 −0.0 mHigh 11:04 +0.1 mLow 17:17 −0.0 mHigh 23:35 +0.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 05:42 −0.1 mHigh 12:01 +0.1 mLow 18:03 −0.1 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site and its town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Junkers JU88

A wreck dive. It goes down to 106 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. 17 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 5.4 km away. The sea is about 16°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 27°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Pembroke. Within 5 km we also list 1 surf spot and 10 dive sites.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 106 m: technical diving, past the 40 m recreational limit.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 17 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 5.4 km away.

Water about 22°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 25 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep (over 30 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,060–US$2,040 each

about US$1,060–US$2,040 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MLA, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$557–US$1,150
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$34–US$54
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$221–US$369
Food7 days eating outabout US$248–US$463
Totalabout US$1,060–US$2,040

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Pembroke

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Closest

Pembroke

about 10 min by car · 105 places to stay

about US$81/nightcountry average

See 105 places to stay in Pembroke · Booking.com

About Pembroke its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$81 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 55m

About 18h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MLA, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), then 35 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Subway Scuba Diving 5.4 km

  • Corsair Diving Malta 5.4 km

  • Plongée Malte 5.6 km

  • Cresta Diving Center 5.8 km

  • Maltaqua Scuba Diving 6.0 km

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few records at this site itself, so these are the animals divers and surveys have recorded at other sites within 25 km in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it there, not that you will.

  • Common octopus Octopus vulgarisOctopus

    Seen in 103 records, mostly Jun to Nov.

  • Leopard nudibranch Peltodoris atromaculataNudibranch

    Seen in 23 records, mostly Apr.

  • Slit limpets Flabellina affinisNudibranch

    Seen in 19 records, mostly Apr.

  • Cratena peregrinaNudibranch

    Seen in 10 records, mostly Apr.

  • Painted comber Serranus scriba

    Seen in 819 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Mediterranean rainbow wrasse Coris julis

    Seen in 788 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • European parrotfish Sparisoma cretense

    Seen in 696 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Ornate wrasse Thalassoma pavo

    Seen in 580 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Salema porgy Sarpa salpa

    Seen in 399 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Comber Serranus cabrilla

    Seen in 212 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Chromis chromisDamselfishes

    Seen in 197 records, mostly Jul to Oct.

  • Dusky perch Epinephelus marginatus

    Seen in 196 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: Programme BioObs: observations naturalistes en milieux aquatiques-Observations de BioObs.; ClimateFish: A database to track the abundance of selected coastal fish species as candidate indicators of climate change; iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; Programme CROMIS: carnet de plongée en ligne de la FFESSM-Observations d'espèces subaquatiques collectées par les utilisateurs de CROMIS; Reef Check Med - key Mediterranean marine species 2001-2020. Credits

This week's visibility and the current no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.