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 The
Maltese Islands are one of the top diving destinations in the Mediterranean ,
equally popular with German , Italian, Dutch and English divers. The annual
number of visiting divers currently amounts to over 55,000, most of whom
undertake
nine
or ten dives each, giving a staggering total of around 500,000 dives around the
islands. Each year. The offer of unlimited diving, clear deep water and an
unrivalled abundance of marine life keeps divers coming back year after year.
 Malta
was the top overseas destination for British divers before the Red Sea opened to
mass tourism and more recently the islands have been enjoying a resurgence in
popularity.
Malta
Gozo and Comino once formed an ancient land link with the island of Sicily some
93Km to the north . All three islands are rich in diving opportunities. Much of
the best diving is done on Gozo with day trip cars and dive centre vehicles
making the ferry crossing from Malta several times daily.
 Comino
also has some interesting dive sites. A surprise for many visitors is the
exceptionally scenic quality of the diving around the archipelago. In addition
to reef structures offshore , there is exiting and challenging cave diving in
spectacular caverns, chimneys and gullies for which these islands are famous
for.
Much
of the diving can be done from the shore and , once you have found your way
around it is possible to make any number of unescorted
dives virtually anywhere.
If
you are diving with one of the local dive shops , dive masters will plan your
dive and dive time.
 Unless
you are part of a class learning to dive , a typical days diving consists of
a morning deep dive to approximately 39metres about 120 feet.
The second dive of the day will usually be
in the afternoon and may be another deep dive somewhere else around the
coastline. Night diving is a further possibility and there are a number of
suitable shore diving locations fairly close to the hotel centres or village
farmhouses situated close to the shoreline such as Dwejra Blue Hole , Marfa
Point and Mgarr Ix-Xini.
There are literally hundreds of recorded dive
sites around the the Maltese
Islands coastline as well as many offshore reefs and shoals. Sites may be known
iether by local Maltese names or
names given by the dive centres who favor them.
Read
more...Maltese Diving Permit/
snorkeling tips/ disabled divers/ prevention of bends
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