Um El Faroud

The Um El Faroud is Malta's flagship wreck and carries real weight: a gas explosion aboard the Libyan tanker during dockyard maintenance in 1995 killed nine Maltese workers, and after three years alongside she was scuttled off Wied iz-Zurrieq in their memory as much as for divers. Winter storms later cracked her in two, which only improved the dive — the break lets light into the tank spaces and gives the 110-meter hull a dramatic wound to explore. Divers drop along her upright superstructure, cross the bridge and funnel, and meet the barracuda school that treats the mast as home. A memorial plaque asks for the respect the site deserves.

その瞬間のために: Full-size tanker on sand, the storm-split midships, resident barracuda school, moving backstory

地形: A 110 m tanker in two sections on clean sand at about 36 m, upright, off Malta's south coast

エントリー: Classic entry from the rocks at Wied iz-Zurrieq followed by a surface swim, or by boat; the shore route back involves a ladder exit and is best in calm seas.

危険生物・リスク: Depth and distance from the entry point; interior spaces are extensive and for wreck-trained divers only.

保全: Treat the wreck as the memorial it partly is; take nothing and disturb nothing.

ナイトロックス: ここでは効果的です——このエリアのプロファイルは、ナイトロックスが無減圧潜水時間を有意に延ばせる水深帯にあります（適切なトレーニングを受けていることが前提です）。