Red bay

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Interest Cave & Reef Popularity Low Depth 9m (avg), 30m (max) Qualification Beginner Shore access Easy Location 36.0192°N 14.2898°E (Exact) Xatt L'ahmar literally means "Red beach" and of particular interest to experienced divers is the wreck of the deliberately scuttled old Malta-Gozo Ferryboat "ix-Xlendi" which lies in the depths just beyond the bay, nowadays joined by two more wrecks west of it, the Cominoland and the Karwela. The bay itself is quite shallow, reaching depths up to 12 meter…