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.

您此行的高光时刻: Full-size tanker on sand, the storm-split midships, resident barracuda school, moving backstory

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

入水方式: 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.

危险因素: Depth and distance from the entry point; interior spaces are extensive and for wreck-trained divers only.

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

高氧（Nitrox）: 在此值得使用——各潜点深度落在富氧空气（nitrox）能有效延长免减压时间的区间（前提是持有相应认证）。