Divers find unexploded shell in Costa Brava

Costa Brava is a popular destination with divers keen to explore a unique marine environment boasting a wide variety of subaquatic natural treasures.

Yet, what a group of divers from the seaside town of Palamós came across at the weekend was not flora or fauna, but an unexploded shell close to the group of islands known as the Illes Formigues. 

The divers were taking part in the second edition of a campaign in defense of the local marine environment. As they were getting out of the water, one of them noticed the bomb at a depth of around six meters.

On examining the artifact, the divers saw that the shell was intact, measuring about 90 centimeters in length and 30 centimetres wide.   

'It looked like a rock'

"It looked like a rock because it was covered in algae and could have been mistaken for something else,” said one of the group, Lluís Martí.

The divers promptly contacted the Spanish Guardia Civil police, whose divers will now inspect the area where the artifact was discovered in the next few days and, if necessary, remove the unexploded shell.