MARIA - Ksamil
Dropping onto the Maria, you’re looking at a piece of history resting at 52 metres. She went down in ‘79, a non-dangerous wreck, meaning it's generally intact and not full of unexploded ordnance, which is always a bonus. The structure itself is a haven for the usual Mediterranean suspects – dusky groupers often peek out from shadowy corners, and schools of damselfish flit around the superstructure. It's a dive that rewards careful exploration, not a quick fly-by. We’d say it suits experienced divers comfortable with deeper profiles, those who appreciate the quiet dignity of a wreck and the small dramas of the marine life making it home.
- Location
- Ksamil, Albania, Mediterranean & Europe
- Coordinates
- 39.607346, 19.945940
- Type
- wreck
- Maximum Depth
- 52m
Marine Protected Area: Kanali i Vivarit
Nearby Dive Sites in Ksamil
- A 110 - 21m (wreck)
- A 211 - 27m (wreck)
- A 211 A 210 - 27m (wreck)
- ALBANO - 15m (wreck)
- ALBANO (POSSIBLY) - 14m (wreck)
- ANTONIETTA COSTA - 9m (wreck)
- BREGENZ (POSSIBLY) - 8m (wreck)
- CITTA DI SAVONA - 23m (wreck)
- Cold Water - 13m
- Drymades Beach - MIG-21 wreck - 15m (wreck)
- FOFO - 53m (wreck)
- HELICON - 30m (wreck)
- KAPTAN SAIT OZEGE - 7m (wreck)
- Korfu Diving
- LICA - 9m (wreck)
Nearest Dive Centres to MARIA
- ACHILLEON DIVING CENTER - SSI, PADI
- AMFORA - Scuba Schools International (SSI)
- APOLLO DIVING RESORT
- Captain Hook
- CORFU DIVING FUN CLUB
- Dive Easy
Marine Life in Ksamil
Home to 37 recorded species including 21 reef fish, 4 seagrass & algae, 4 sharks & rays, 3 whales & dolphins, 1 other, 1 crabs & lobsters.
Notable Species
- Cowfish (Tursiops truncatus) - Whales & Dolphins
- loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
- Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) - Crabs & Lobsters
- Mediterranean tapeweed (Posidonia oceanica) - Seagrass & Algae
- Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) - Whales & Dolphins
- Marbled Spinefoot (Siganus rivulatus) - Reef Fish
- Blue-white Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) - Whales & Dolphins
- Species code: Hs (Halophila stipulacea) - Seagrass & Algae
- Silver-cheeked Toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus) - Reef Fish
- pilchard (Sardina pilchardus) - Reef Fish
- White Seabream (Diplodus sargus) - Reef Fish
- Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) - Reef Fish
- Snapper (Sparus aurata) - Reef Fish
- Blacktail Bream (Diplodus vulgaris) - Reef Fish
- eelgrass (Zostera marina) - Seagrass & Algae
- Springer (Mugil cephalus) - Reef Fish
- Wrasse (Coris julis) - Reef Fish
- Ornate Wrasse (Thalassoma pavo) - Reef Fish
- Sea Scorpion (Scorpaena porcus) - Reef Fish
- Broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) - Reef Fish