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Xlendi Bay Gozo Malta 2014 1
Near Tower wreck. Photo: Karelj, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Tower wreck

Dive site · Malta

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

87Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Fri 6: Sea: flat, Visibility over 30 m, Water 22 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 80 out of 100

Sea
1.0 m
Wind
18 kn
Gusts
24kn
Air
20°C

Wed 4 · 70 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
20°C

Thu 5 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
7 kn
Gusts
11kn
Air
20°C

Fri 6 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
19°C

Sat 7 · 89 out of 100

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

Sun 8 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
19°C

Mon 9 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
6 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
21°C

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 226, poor
  2. Tue 380, good
  3. Wed 470, good
  4. Thu 589, good
  5. Fri 690, good
  6. Sat 789, good
  7. Sun 889, good
  8. Mon 989, good
  9. Tue 1090, good
  10. Wed 1188, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 105 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 22 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • Faces SWswell 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 Tower wreck
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Mon 2Nov26, poor1.2 m26 kn36knboats in20°C
Tue 3Nov80, good1.0 m18 kn24kn20°C
Wed 4Nov70, good0.3 m3 kn6kn20°C
Thu 5Nov89, good0.2 mflat7 kn11kn20°C
Fri 6Nov90, good0.2 mflat6 kn10kn19°C
Sat 7Nov89, good0.2 mflat6 kn9kn20°C
Sun 8Nov89, good0.2 mflat4 kn13kn19°C
Mon 9Nov89, good0.2 mflat6 kn12kn21°C
Tue 10Nov90, good0.1 mflat7 kn10kn21°C
Wed 11Nov88, good0.2 mflat15 kn19kn23°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 02:49 −0.0 mHigh 10:08 +0.1 mLow 16:38 −0.0 mHigh 22:42 +0.0 m
  • Tue 3 NovLow 04:41 −0.0 mHigh 11:25 +0.1 mLow 17:38 −0.0 mHigh 23:44 +0.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 05:47 −0.1 mHigh 12:13 +0.1 mLow 18:17 −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, its town, photos

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Photos of Tower wreck

Xlendi Bay in Gozo, Malta
Near Tower wreck. Photo: PavleG97, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Xlendi bay at night
Near Tower wreck. Photo: Averater, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Xlendi bay at sunset
Near Tower wreck. Photo: Wittylama, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

3 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Tower wreck

A wreck dive. It goes down to 105 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SW: swell from the SW reaches it, and wind from the NE blows out to sea. 12 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 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 Munxar. Within 5 km we also list 14 dive sites and 1 climbing area.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 105 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 12 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away.

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

Visibility over 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (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$1,100–US$2,110 each

about US$1,100–US$2,110 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$74–US$121
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$221–US$369
Food7 days eating outabout US$248–US$463
Totalabout US$1,100–US$2,110

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: Munxar

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Closest

Munxar

about 5 min by car · 67 places to stay

about US$81/nightcountry average

See 67 places to stay in Munxar · Booking.com

About Munxar 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 19h 15m

About 19h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MLA, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), then 50 min by road

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

In the water

Dive centres nearby

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 127 records.

  • Leopard nudibranch Peltodoris atromaculataNudibranch

    Seen in 31 records, mostly Apr.

  • Slit limpets Flabellina affinisNudibranch

    Seen in 20 records, mostly Apr.

  • Painted comber Serranus scriba

    Seen in 1182 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Mediterranean rainbow wrasse Coris julis

    Seen in 1134 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • European parrotfish Sparisoma cretense

    Seen in 1019 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Ornate wrasse Thalassoma pavo

    Seen in 866 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Salema porgy Sarpa salpa

    Seen in 487 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Comber Serranus cabrilla

    Seen in 365 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Dusky perch Epinephelus marginatus

    Seen in 323 records, mostly Jul to Sep.

  • Chromis chromisDamselfishes

    Seen in 218 records, mostly Jun to Oct.

  • Apogon imberbisCardinalfish

    Seen in 200 records, mostly Jul to Oct.

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: ClimateFish: A database to track the abundance of selected coastal fish species as candidate indicators of climate change; Programme BioObs: observations naturalistes en milieux aquatiques-Observations de BioObs.; Programme CROMIS: carnet de plongée en ligne de la FFESSM-Observations d'espèces subaquatiques collectées par les utilisateurs de CROMIS; iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; Reef Check Med - key Mediterranean marine species 2001-2020. Credits

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