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Built for strength: the heavyset bow of the tugboat Rozi
No prop: Dive guide Raphael swims past the rudder
Wrecks and recreation
Surface intervals are nice in Malta. During my October visit the water was 24 ° C and the air temperature about the same during the day. There were always plenty of divers milling around, fussing their kit or queuing at the sandwich van. They were all happy happy, either looking forward to a dive or buzzing with post-dive dopamine.
Much of Cirkewwa’ s popularity rests on two wrecks, the P29 Patrol Boat and the tugboat Rozi. I was joined by the gaffer himself, Neville, for my visit to P29, which started with a mid-water swim from the
The Rozi’ s curvacious stern
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