Ramla tal-Bir is on the Marfa ridge west of Armier, at the end of a track rather than a road. The shore is rock, despite what the name suggests. It is one of the least visited swims on a peninsula that gets a great many visitors.
There are no facilities of any kind. Entry is off the rock into clear, deep water with Comino in front of you. The bay is exposed to the north-north-east and the west-north-west. Check the wind before driving out along the ridge.
You will want a car for this oneThe bus does not come close, and the last stretch is a track rather than a road.
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Which winds this bay can take
It is sheltered from the north-east round to the west. There is no open water on those bearings for a wind to build a swell across. It is open to the north-north-east and the west-north-west, where the sea runs for kilometres before it reaches this shore. A wind out of the north-west round to the north has some water to work with but not the full run.
- NPart open
- NNEOpen sea
- NESheltered
- ENESheltered
- ESheltered
- ESESheltered
- SESheltered
- SSESheltered
- SSheltered
- SSWSheltered
- SWSheltered
- WSWSheltered
- WSheltered
- WNWOpen sea
- 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.
