Crocodile Rock: (Max. Depth: 40 metres)

This dive is preferred by lazy divers as a boat-dive although a few more adventurous divers sometimes tackle it as a shore dive. Just slightly north of Fungus rock, you will come across a small rock sticking out of the water, not so far away from land. If you look more closely this rock resembles the shape of a crocodile. If by boat, drop anchor at the southern most side of this rock. If doing this dive as a shore dive you have to drive down to Dwejra, look on you right hand side to spot this rock and drive on the rocks as close as you can to it. Snorkel to the same spot.

Dive down and you should be in about 7 metres depth. As the previous dive, if you swim west you will come across a sheer drop off from about eight to 40 metres. When you get to the bottom veer to the north and follow the drop off. The scenery here is very similar to the previous dive, in this area you will find some sizeable boulders, the bigger size fish like Grouper, Bream, Goldies and open water fish like amber jacks, barracudas tuna and dentex are very common around these parts. The cliff face itself is very colourful with sponges, false coral and brightly coloured starfish. On occasion the odd moray and conger eel are also spotted here.

If you keep following the cliff side you will come across a very nice cave which a lot of locals know as the ’Coral cave’. The name says it all, this cave is covered with a lot of brightly coloured false coral, and if you look in the nooks and crannies here you are liable to spot a lot of colourful shrimps. Great care has to be taken not to take any chances and enter any of the tight spots in this cave. These can look very enticing but can become very precarious at times. It is advisable to stick to the open spaces in this cave. Coming out of this cave it is time to return to base in the shallower waters.

Again this is a very interesting dive but please beware of your depth and deco time because the visibility here is so clear that it could be deceiving.