One of the dive sites we run here in Malta — here's the story behind it, the depth and access, and what it takes to dive it properly.
Few aircraft are as instantly recognisable — or were as feared over wartime Malta — as the Junkers Ju 87 'Stuka' dive-bomber, with its cranked gull wings and the wailing siren of its diving attack. Stukas hammered the island's harbours, airfields and the convoys fighting to resupply it.
One lies at around 100 metres off Malta, located in 2015 using sonar during the Malta Shipwreck Survey Project run by Prof. Timmy Gambin's team at the University of Malta.
At a hundred metres she's right at the limit of open-circuit diving — an advanced trimix and CCR objective, protected by Heritage Malta and dived only with a permit. For those qualified to reach her, she's a rare and historically charged wreck.
The diving here suits divers at Advanced Trimix level. If you’re not there yet, these are the courses that get you there:
Already certified and just want to dive it? Come and explore it with me on open circuit or CCR — one relaxed dive a day, no rushing, as long in the water as you like.
Want to dive Stuka Ju 87? Tell me your certification level and your dates, and I'll plan it with you. No pressure, no hard sell — just a good dive.