Armier is two bays. The larger one has the kiosks, the sunbeds and the rows of summer boathouses that have stood, contested, on that shore for decades. Little Armier next door is smaller and quieter, and it is the one families tend to settle on.
Both are shallow and sandy with Comino and Gozo in front of them. The road out along the Marfa ridge is narrow and the parking is informal, so it is worth arriving early at a weekend. Both are open to the north, and a northerly brings weed in as well as swell.
Which winds this bay can take
It is sheltered from the north-east round to the west-north-west. There is no open water on those bearings for a wind to build a swell across. It is open to the north to the north-north-east, where the sea runs for kilometres before it reaches this shore. A wind out of the north-west to the north-north-west has some water to work with but not the full run.
- NOpen sea
- NNEOpen sea
- NESheltered
- ENESheltered
- ESheltered
- ESESheltered
- SESheltered
- SSESheltered
- SSheltered
- SSWSheltered
- SWSheltered
- WSWSheltered
- WSheltered
- WNWSheltered
- NWPart open
- NNWPart open
Measured as metres of open water on each bearing out from the shore. This is the bay’s own geography and it does not change; whether it is swimmable this afternoon is the reading at the top of the page, which also weighs how hard the wind is actually blowing.
What is there
- Sunbeds available
- Food
- Drinks
- Umbrella
- Water Sports
- Dives Nearby
- Parking
- Accessibility
- Toilets
- Showers
- BBQ's allowed
- Wifi
- Camping
- Dog Friendly
- Boat Friendly
Struck through means it is not there. Facilities at a Maltese bay are seasonal more often than not, so treat summer as the best case.
