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P29 Wreck

  • Diver level:

    Advanced

  • Depth max:

    38 m

  • Visibility:

    to 40m
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Wreck
The wreck is a German Kondo I-class patrol boat (62m/203ft long, 16 m/52ft high and 7m/22ft wide) that was built to patrol the river banks between the East and West Germany and later was used by the Armed forces of Malta as a patrol boat and a minesweeper. After being decommissioned, it was turned into an artificial reef in 2007 and now lies on the bottom of Cirkewwa. Divers can go nearly everywhere inside the vessel. The wreck sits upright on its keel in about 35m/114ft of water, while the highest point is located at only 12m/39ft depth.

When To Go Diving

Diving is available year-round. The average depth of the site is around 35m/114ft with water visibility of around 20-40m/65-131ft. The average air temperature is 10-15C/50-59F in the winter and 21-30C/70-83F in the summer. The average water temperature is about 14-17C/58-63F from December through April and 18-25C/65-77F from May through November.

What to see

As it was recently sunk its marine life is not so rich yet, but divers can find such species as squids, flying gurnards and rays. Divers can also explore some interesting sights around the wreck like the machine gun aft, radar tower, cargo holds and bridge.

Reviews about P29 Wreck

Access the wreck from Cirkewa - now there is parki
Access the wreck from Cirkewa - now there is parking lot for divers exclusively, but make sure to leave a sign on your car letting now the police that you are diving. Do not recommend to go first time without a guide. It is very easy to miss the wreck and end no where. The sandy bottom at 25 does not have visual references. it can be dis-orienting trying to get back. After you have done a couple of times it is very easy from the entry point. Marine life is not Wow, but you can have some very good nice surprises. You can hit ... Read more
here easily 30 meters up to 35: it is a deep dive, check your certification, bottom time: wreck is in good shape and many places to look into, so time flies. Very nice div
2014-12-09
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