Malta (Dive Sites)

Legend has it that Odysseus was tempted to Gozo by Calypso and was so entranced, he stayed for seven years. George Vella and his team at Calypso Diving run a pretty good operation and are happy to accommodate experienced to novice divers. Calypso Divers is one of the oldest dive shops and SCUBA schools on the island and I have dived with them on many occasions. George Vella the owner is one of the nicest and most accommodating people I have ever met. ----------------------------------------​-------------------------- The Package Calypso offer an all-inclusive package, for a little over £200 ... more

This review is about learning to dive in Gozo - the smaller sister island of Malta. Have you heard of Gozo? Yes? ………Really? Do you actually know where it is or just think it's that place in India where all the hippies hang out? Gozo is a tiny island in the Mediterranean - the smaller next door neighbour of Malta and typically visited by folk taking a break in Malta who fancy a day out. It lies between the heel of Italy and the Tunisian coast. But what those people bouncing around the island in four by fours don't realise is that Gozo is also a great place to learn to dive. I'm not necessarily ... more

I recently came back from my first diving trip to Malta. It's been heavily promoted in recent years as a rival to the Red Sea for British divers, and they've sunk a number of wreck deliberately as artificial reefs. It's only a 3 hour flight away from here, and as an already popular destination makes for a pretty easy trip. The water temperature ranges from about 25C in summer to 14C in winter, with good visibility at most times. Due to the size of the islands you're not particularly tied to any particular sites. The main choice initially is whether to stay on Malta or Gozo (there's also the ... more

My most memorable dive in Malta was when I mistook a 500 lb bomb for a water jug. I was only a novice then, back in 1982 and this was my fourth qualifying dive. I was doing escorted dives with Divewise Services (of St Georges Bay) and on this hot summer morning we were heading for the wreck of the HMS Maori (a world war two destroyer) which was sunk by the German air force in Marsamxett Harbour, little more than 50m from the Valetta shoreline. En route to the wreck we came across what I thought was a huge broken vase and I tugged and pulled at it for a while before following the dive leader to ... more

I was only in Malta a few years ago. The island itself is beautiful. I had been going on holiday their since i was five and i had fallen in love with the place. My dad Had been interested in diving for years and he suggested that we should go diving now i was old enough. The first time breathing artificially is absolutely fantastic and the dive site was even better. The sea was fantastic and not a bit cold. Going down deeper into the sea my eas began to hurt but this was soon cured. On the island there are many dive schools and although they may be expensive they are well worth the money ... more