Explore Malta’s crystal-clear waters and historic wrecks with expert instructors, top-of-the-range gear and small groups. Try dives, SSI courses and guided dives.
Scuba Malta is a premium scuba diving centre in Malta with standards well above the norm: instructors with over 1,000 dives in Maltese waters, top-of-the-range gear serviced before every dive, and small groups to make each experience truly personal. All from the best location on the island — Portomaso Marina, St Julian’s.
Our scuba diving centre in St Julian’s, at Portomaso Marina, gives you direct sea access and quick reach to the island’s best dive sites.
Expert local instructors who know every wreck and dive site in Malta. Friendly, fun and genuinely passionate about diving.
Brand-new diving gear: regulators, BCDs, dive computers, wetsuits and fins from top brands, all fully serviced before every dive.
All our courses and guided dives run in small groups of just a few divers, so your instructor can focus on you, keep you safe and make every dive truly personal.
Discover what it feels like to breathe underwater and explore the crystal-clear waters of St Julian’s, Malta. A 2 to 3-hour experience where you’ll learn to use scuba diving equipment and complete a real open-water dive with a professional instructor by your side the whole time.
Upgrade your first dive. Explore a real WWII wreck on your very first scuba diving experience in Malta, with a professional instructor guiding you every step of the way.
Whether you’ve never dived before or you’re looking to push your limits, our SSI and PADI certified courses will take you from your very first breath underwater to diving independently with confidence. Small groups, expert instructors and open-water dives in the crystal-clear waters of Malta — one of the best places in the Mediterranean to learn to dive
Your first scuba diving certification. Complete your theory, pool sessions and open-water dives in Malta and come away with an internationally recognised SSI and PADI qualification valid anywhere in the world.
The world’s most recognised scuba diving certification — and Malta is one of the best places to earn it. Complete your Open Water Diver course, dive down to 18 metres and explore freely, anywhere in the world.
Dive deeper, explore more. The Advanced Open Water Diver course takes you to 30 metres, adds five new speciality dives to your logbook and makes you a significantly more confident diver in Malta’s waters.
The Rescue Diver course teaches you to manage diving emergencies, assist other divers underwater and stay calm under pressure. One of the most rewarding certifications you’ll ever earn.
From wreck diving and deep diving to Divemaster and Instructor — our SSI and PADI speciality and professional courses let you go as far as you want in diving. 14 specialities and 2 professional courses, all taught in small groups in Malta’s exceptional waters.
Wreck diving specialty to explore sunken ships and learn basic penetration and exploration techniques. Includes 2 wreck dives.
Go deeper into Malta’s most spectacular shipwrecks. The Advanced Wreck Diver course covers full penetration diving, underwater navigation and gas management inside complex wreck structures.
The Deep Diver speciality takes you down to 40 metres. Learn to manage narcosis, plan deep dives safely and explore the deeper dive sites that most divers never reach in Malta.
Learn to dive with enriched air and extend your bottom time on every dive. The Nitrox speciality covers gas analysis, dive planning with EANx and safe oxygen exposure management.
Explore Malta’s dive sites further and faster with an underwater scooter. The DPV speciality covers propulsion vehicle handling, buoyancy control and navigation techniques. Includes 2 dives.
Plan and execute dives with mandatory decompression stops safely and confidently. Covers decompression theory, gas management and staged ascent procedures. Includes 3 dives.
Malta’s dive sites transform completely after dark. The Night Diver speciality teaches torch techniques, underwater navigation and buddy procedures for low-visibility conditions. Includes 2 night dives.
Master the skill that separates good divers from great ones. The Perfect Buoyancy speciality improves your trim, air consumption and control underwater — making every dive smoother and more efficient. Includes 2 dives.
Learn to navigate underwater using a compass and natural references, plan dive routes and return accurately to your entry point. Includes 2 navigation dives.
Learn to locate and recover objects underwater using systematic search patterns and lift bags. A highly practical speciality with real-world applications. Includes 2 dives.
Learn to identify the species and families of Mediterranean marine life you’ll encounter on every dive in Malta. Includes 2 dives focused on underwater species recognition.
Understand how Malta’s marine ecosystems work — the relationships between species, the impact of human activity and how to dive with minimal environmental footprint. Includes 1 dive.
A deep dive into the physics, physiology and decompression theory behind every dive you make. The Science of Diving speciality gives you the knowledge to understand exactly what happens to your body underwater.
Learn to capture Malta’s underwater world with proper composition, lighting and camera handling techniques. Includes 2 dives with hands-on underwater photography and video practice.
The Divemaster course is the first professional level in recreational diving. Train to lead guided dives, assist instructors and become a fully qualified member of a dive centre team — with real hands-on experience in Malta’s waters.
The Diving Instructor course qualifies you to teach scuba diving and work as a professional instructor in dive centres around the world. An intensive 2 to 3-week programme taught in Malta’s exceptional diving conditions.
We run daily guided dives in small groups from Portomaso Marina in St Julian’s. Our local instructors have thousands of dives in these waters and know every site, every current and the best spots for every level: wrecks, caves, reefs and walls across the island.
Malta offers some of the best scuba diving spots in the Mediterranean, with exceptional visibility regularly exceeding 30 metres, warm waters year-round and an extraordinary concentration of dive sites within minutes of the shore.
Historic WWII wrecks like Um el Faroud and HMS Maori, spectacular cave systems like Santa Maria Caves and the Inland Sea, and iconic sites like the Blue Hole in Gozo. Wrecks, caves, reefs and walls, accessible by shore or boat, for every certification level.
Scuba Malta is a premium scuba diving school in Malta that holds itself to higher standards than other diving centres: instructors with thousands of dives in Maltese waters, brand-new top-of-the-range equipment and small groups that make every dive safer and more personal.
Rated 5 stars on Google by over 1,000 divers — the highest-rated dive centre in Malta.
Discover our try dives, SSI and PADI courses and guided dives at some of the best diving spots in Malta.
SCUBA MALTA
St Julian's
Scuba Malta has a dive centre in St. Julian’s and will soon be opening a second location in St. Paul’s Bay — both strategically positioned for quick access to Malta’s best diving spots.
Our scuba diving centre in St Julian's is based at Portomaso Marina, Level -5 — a modern marina with direct sea access, right next to Sliema, Spinola and Paceville.
Coming soon — a new Scuba Malta dive centre in St Paul's Bay.
Whether you’re ready to book or just working out which dive or course is right for you, drop us a message and we’ll help you figure it out. We know these waters inside out and we’re happy to point you in the right direction.
Portomaso Marina, Level -5, St. Julians
hello@scubamalta.com
+356 9942 6729
+356 9942 6729
No experience needed. Whether you’ve never worn a mask or you’re a certified diver looking to explore, we have something for every level — from try dives for complete beginners to advanced courses and guided dives for experienced divers.
We offer try dives, SSI and PADI certified diving courses for all levels, daily guided dives to Malta’s best diving spots, and snorkelling. All activities run in small groups from our dive centre at Portomaso Marina, St Julian’s.
Our dive centre is at Portomaso Marina, Level -5, St Julian’s — one of the best-positioned dive centres on the island, with direct sea access and quick reach to Malta’s top dive sites.
Yes. All our instructors are SSI and PADI certified and have thousands of dives in Maltese waters. They know every site, every current and how to get the best out of every diver, whatever their level.
All our activities include full top-of-the-range scuba diving equipment, insurance and the guidance of a certified instructor. SSI and PADI certification courses also include all study materials.
Yes. Malta’s climate makes it one of the few Mediterranean destinations where you can dive comfortably all year round, with water temperatures ranging from 15°C in winter to 27°C in summer and visibility regularly exceeding 30 metres.
Our instructors teach in English, Spanish, Italian, French and German — so whatever your language, you’ll be in good hands underwater.
