Diving Gozo & Comino

Richard Salter is an instructor and dive guide who started diving the Maltese islands in 2004 since when he has amassed over 5000 dives, mostly on Gozo and Comino. After finding accurate information hard to come by and existing publications lacking, he started to draw his own dive sitemaps, so that he could show divers the best places to go, depending on the kind of diving they wished to pursue. He also learned some local history. Now he shares his knowledge so that others can safely enjoy all that Gozo and Comino offer.

'The first guidebook to ignore Malta itself and concentrate on the two northern islands. This makes sense because many diving visitors choose to base themselves on Gozo, and there is plenty to keep them occupied there.'- DivernetReviews of the first edition: 'This is a very good guide'- Diver magazine'A well put together and good-looking guidebook that will be a useful tool for anyone planning on diving Gozo and Comino'- Scubaverse.com'Richard crams his book with everything you need... an impressively well thought-out guide to visiting these islands. The question is not why should you buy this guide, but why wouldn't you?'- BritishDiver.co.uk

• Map of dive sites. INTRODUCTION: The Beautiful Island of Gozo; Acknowledgements; Using this Book; DIVING INFORMATION: Glossary; Dive Conduct; Dive Operators; First Aird / Emergencies; Maltese Diving Regulations; Wind & Temperature. TOURIST INFORMATION: Commonly Used Words and Phrases; Timeline; Tourist Sites; Village Festas; Gozitan Food and Drink to Try. DIVE SITES: NORTH: Area map. 1.Punta Ta' Kap Camma, San Dimitri; 2.Moffit's Cave (Ta-Mahsel); 3.Wied ir-Raheb; 4.Gudja Cave (Ta Camma caves); 5.Hekka Cave (near Hekka Point); 6.Wied il-Meilah; 7.Pinu Point (Ghar Tal-Margun); 8.Forna Point; 9.Wied-il-Ghasri to Cave Of Wind/Cathedral Cave (Ghar il-Rih); 10.Cave of Wheat (Ghar il-Qamh); 11.Billingshurst Cave (Ghar ix-Xih); 12.Shrimp Cave; 13.Reqqa Point; 14.Reqqa Point: The Bottle; 15.Anchor Reef or Landslide Reef; 16.The Washing Machine (Ta Bughas); 17.Double Arch; 18.Xwejni Bay; 19.Triple Arch/Calypso Cave; 20.Qbajjar Bay; 21.Santa Marija Breakwater; 22.Ghar Qawqla; Marsalforn Bay. SOUTH-EAST: Area map. 23.Dalhet Qorrot; 24.Qala Anchors/The Old Quarry; 25.Qala Point; 26.The Oath Isle (il-Gebla tal-Halfa); 27.Hondoq Bay; 28.Tac-Cawla Rocks (il-Gebla tac-Cawla); 29.By the Harbour Reef; 30.Red Bay (ix-Xatt l-Ahmar); 30a MV Hephaestus; 31.Xatt l-Ahmar Reef; 32.MV Cominoland; 33.MV Karwela; 34.Xlendi Ferry; 35.Middle Finger (Ras il-Hobz); 36.Fessej/Black Rock (Skoll tal-Fessej); 37.Mgarr ix-Xini; 38.Ta' Cenc; 39.Ras in-Newwiela. SOUTH-WEST: Area map. 40.Ta' Cenc Reef; 41.Sannat Cliffs; 42.Bajjada Point; 43.Dawra Tas-Sanap; Xlendi Bay; 44.Xlendi Bay, Reef & Tunnel; 45.Xlendi Tunnel & Reef; Luzzu; 46.Ulysses Cave; Zurzieb Cave & Reef; WEST: Area map. 47.Wardija Point (Il-Ponta tal-Wardija); 48.Punic Temple (Ras il-Wardija); 49.Fungus Rock (Il-Gebla tal-General); 50.Crocodile Rock; 51.Rogers Cave & Crocodile Rock; 52.Coral Garden & Coral Cave; 53.The Blue Hole; 54.Inland Sea to the Blue Hole; 55.Inland Sea to Whale Cave; 56.The Beard (Tal-Barba); 57.Ta' Tejtu. COMINO ISLAND: Area map. A Short History; Getting There. 58.The Canyon, San Niklaw Bay; 59.Santa Marija Reef; 60.Santa Marija/Comino Caves; 61.Elephant Rock/The Molar (Id-Darsa); 62.Sultan Rock; 63.Popi FV/Ostmark/Balje; 64.Lantern Point (Ras L-Irqieqa); 65.Inner Lantern Point; 66.Crystal Lagoon; 67.P31, Kondor Class Minesweeper; 68.Alex's Cave; 69.Inner Cominotto Reef; 70.Anchor Reef, Cominotto; 71.Outer Cominotto Reef. NATURE OF GOZO: Diver Guidance for Seahorse Safety; Jellyfish and Alien Fish Species; Posidonia Oceanica; Geology of the Maltese Islands. INDEX and Marine Species Guide.