Roger's Cave Gozo Diving | Skuljetti, Big Bear & Little Bear

Getting to Roger's Cave

The approach is over rough coralline limestone. After the walk, the two rocks of Big Bear and Little Bear can be seen roughly 30 metres offshore. The seabed between the shore and the rocks is shallow at around 5 metres before dropping away into deeper water.

The diving guide shows several entry and exit options. The exact route depends on the planned dive, conditions and whether Roger's Cave is being combined with the surrounding Dwejra reef sites.

Roger's Cave and the Two Bears

The two prominent rocks are an important visual reference for the site. Little Bear and Big Bear sit close together above the cave and provide the name used in many dive descriptions. The cave itself lies directly beneath this pair of rocks.

Underwater, the surrounding reef quickly becomes deeper. The guide map shows the cave in the approximately 20–25m zone, with deeper water and sand beyond the reef.

Inside Roger's Cave

The cave has small corals and sponges covering its sides and ceiling. The guide specifically notes colourful lace coral, sea potatoes and sponges, while modern dive descriptions also report slipper lobsters inside the cave.

Because this is an overhead environment, divers should keep the route conservative and avoid disturbing the bottom or damaging the marine growth on the cave walls and ceiling.

Red, Green and Blue Routes

The photographed guide presents three colour-coded ways of exploring the wider area around Roger's Cave.

Red Route: descend around the reef edge towards Roger's Cave, which the map places below at approximately 20–25m. After visiting the cave, the route continues towards Crocodile Rock and eventually returns to shallower reef.

Green Route: follows the reef edge in the direction of Crocodile Rock and can reach considerably greater depths. The guide describes areas around 40–45m and a possible visit towards Octopus Garden. This is a deeper option and should be planned according to the diver's training and decompression limits.

Blue Route: passes between Little Bear and Big Bear over the reef towards Roger's Cave. From the cave, the route can continue towards the reef point where the seabed drops dramatically to around 50m on sand, before crossing north towards the Coral Cave area.

The guide also notes that the reef route can be extended beyond the cave, but the exact distance and duration depend on the selected route and depth profile.

Marine Life

Roger's Cave and the surrounding reef provide shelter for a variety of marine life. The guide notes lace coral, sea potatoes and sponges, while modern descriptions also mention slipper lobsters, false coral, groupers and brown meagre.

The wider Dwejra reef can also produce encounters with octopus, moray eels and other reef species. Careful buoyancy is particularly important around the cave's encrusted surfaces.

Depth & Dive Profile

The diving guide gives the wider Roger's Cave and Dwejra route a profile of 6–45m and approximately 30–60 minutes. It rates the site as an Advanced Dive.

Modern dive-site references give Roger's Cave itself an average depth of around 15m+ and a maximum of approximately 30m+. The deeper 40–45m figures in the guide refer to the wider route rather than the cave alone.

Roger's Cave and Crocodile Rock

The two sites are close neighbours and can be combined, but they should remain clearly identified as separate dive sites. A route from Roger's Cave can continue towards Crocodile Rock, while Crocodile Rock itself is a separate offshore rock and wall dive with its own depth profile.

For e-Malta, the Crocodile Rock page covers that dive independently. This Roger's Cave page focuses on Skuljetti, Big Bear, Little Bear and the cave beneath them.