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VILLE DE MALAGA

The Ville de Malaga, sitting at a comfortable 20 metres, is one of our favourite Channel Islands wrecks. This isn't a site for deep penetration, but a fantastic opportunity to explore the remains of a significant steamship. The wreck lies broken, a testament to that wild August night in 1897, but there’s still plenty to see. We often find conger eels peering from dark recesses, their thick bodies shifting within the steel, and spider crabs scuttling over the plates. Visibility here can be genuinely surprising on a good day, allowing you to appreciate the scale of the 73-metre hull. Look for the engine block, often a magnet for shoals of bib and pouting that swirl around the structure. The kelp forest sways above the shallower parts, providing a dramatic backdrop. It's a dive that tells a story, a proper piece of maritime history colonised by the sea, and we’d suggest timing your dive for slack water to really take it all in.