After a relatively long period of inactivity I finally got some dives done this weekend and one of the sites was P29 which is one of the latest additions to Maltas wreck diving repertoire. Since I have not dived this dive for well over 2 years it was quite interesting and quite a lot has [...]
Malta and Gozo has a relative large number of sea caves which has earned the islands a somewhat overinflated reputation as a cave diving destination. Most of these caves are in reality caverns or swim throughs and they are also very nice and relatively easy accessible for most divers. Among the most famous such dives [...]
Here I am continuing the review of different dive courses and the next in line is PADIs popular course – Advanced Open Water Diver. This is a very common course and most people who start with the Open Water course and keeps diving will do this course sooner rather than later.
This course is NOT a [...]
The latest addition to Malta’s successful artificial reef program is the former East German mine sweeper P29 Boltenhagen. She was scuttled in 2007 in the popular dive area of Cirkewwa in Malta as the second wreck in the area – the first one is the very popular dive Rozi.
The wreck is pretty deep – 36-37 [...]
I found some very interesting videos on Youtube showing the action during World War 2 in Malta. It has some very good footage and gives a very good background to the wreck dives of HMS Maori, the Blenheim Bomber and the Bristol Beaufighter.
Hellespont is a relatively recently discovered wreck off the Grand Harbour – she was discovered in 1999 and this is one of my favourite dives. She is a victim of the intense bombings of Malta during WW2 but the ship is considerably older than that. She is in fact the only paddle steamer I have [...]
Malta has two famous plane wrecks. There are more but these are in general not publicly known and not offered as dive trips by commercial dive centres. There are rumours about a Mosquito with the pilots remains still in the cockpit and a Liberator has supposedly also been found but I know only one person [...]
A very common topic here on Independent Scuba is wreck dives and one of the very best wreck dives in the world is Le Polynesien. I have dived many wrecks all over the world but few, if any, stand up to the incredible experience of diving this majestic wreck.
Le Polynesien is in fact a wreck [...]
Um el Faroud is no doubt one of Maltas top recreational wreck dives and one of the most famous. Although she is a scuttled wreck she makes a remarkable dive which many would consider absolute top class. In fact, I was browsing through a book store the other day and I came across a book [...]
This is a very underrated dive site in South Malta. Usually it is described as a good site for beginner etc but I think it is much more than that. What primarily interests me here are all the small details you can find such as nudibranchs, algae and neptunes lace. It is also a place [...]
I often get questions about scuba diving in Malta from friends and colleagues and this article is an effort to provide an overview of Maltese diving. I will write about some of the areas covered in more detail in separate articles.
Let me start off with the most common misconceptions: Malta does not have any coral [...]
Diving the wreck of an airplane is rather strange the first time. These are machines who were never intended to be under water – rather the opposite and yet they lie on the bottom under the sea. They are also considerably smaller than ship wrecks which makes the dives very different and much more focused [...]
Few places in the world can offer World War Wrecks only a minute away from the nations capital. The intense bombings during 1942 sank many shjps and one of the most accessible ones is the HMS Maori. Although she is fairly broken down it is still one of the most famous sites in Malta which [...]
This is a dive which is very popular among both local divers and visitors to the Island. She is a tug which was scuttled in 1992 as an attraction for an underwater submarine for tourists.
Personally I am very dubious to dives like this. On the good side – the wreck is intact, there is plenty [...]
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