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FAVIGNANA

The Favignana, just seven metres down, is our kind of wreck dive. It’s an honest, working steamship, sunk in 1927, and what’s left tells a story. We love how accessible she is, even for newer wreck divers, without sacrificing any of that proper exploration feel. You’re not going to find intact china or polished brass here. What you will find are huge boiler drums, a testament to her industrial past, now completely encrusted and serving as miniature apartment blocks for local crabs and blennies. The sheer scale of her, 103 metres long, means you can spend a good hour just finning along her backbone, poking into crevices. Look for the way the light filters through the kelp, painting shifting patterns on the deck plates. There's a real sense of history here, a quiet dignity to the decay. We'd suggest going at high slack to avoid any surface chop – it just makes finning around those massive frames that much more enjoyable. It’s a proper, atmospheric wreck, perfect for a long, relaxed potter.