Fungus Rock: (Max. Depth: 50 metres)

This is a boat dive and to get to it, if you are coming from Malta, you have to steer up to Cirkewwa and go to Gozo. Keep steering by the cliffs towards your west. Eventually when you come to the West of Gozo you will come across this massive rock (Fungus Rock) just before Dwejra. Drop anchor just on the inside of this rock in a quaint little bay with about 5 metres of water.

Splash!!! Dive in and swim out of this bay at the Southern most side of the rock. The bottom suddenly drops to about 45 metres in a sheer drop. You will find this area full of sizeable boulders, these and the fact of the depth and clear visibility usually provides this dive with the bigger size of fish. Grouper, Bream Goldies and open water fish like amberjacks, barracuda 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. For your return journey you can either return the same way you came or else you can proceed to shallower depths and go all the way around the rock.

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.