Scuba diving locations in Malta:

• Malta Island, Gozo Island and Comino Island all have excellent wreck diving, especially around Valetta, and spectacular cave diving.
• Santa Maria caves has about 10 caves, both swim-throughs and dead-ends. Large shoals of sea bream can be seen here.

When to scuba dive in Malta:

All year in warm waters.

Local standards for gear:

The best scuba diving spots in Malta:

• The Blue Hole & at Gozo starts with a difficult walk over rocks carrying your gear, over steps which have been carved into the rocks leading down. It is a natural rock formation eroded by wind and waves which goes down to a depth of 26 metres. The hole itself is not big, but a few metres down it gives way to the sea where you exit through a huge archway. A large cave rests at the bottom of the hole.
• The Inland Sea is a semi-circular bay cut off from the sea by a high cliff with a narrow cave tunnel at the centre, through which you can reach the open sea, where the sea bed drops down to around 50 metres.
• HMS Maori in Valetta harbour, Malta Island, is a Second World War wreck.
  
• The submarine wreck, HMS Stubborn is located at nearly 60 metres.
• P29 minesweeper patrol boat, sunk intentionally for diving purposes, is 52 metres long and at a depth of 37 metres.

The best spots to snorkel in Malta:

Fomm Ir-Rih Bay, at the limits of Rabat, is well-secluded and beautiful.

Fun scuba facts:

Country data:

Administrative details

• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Population: is about 400,000 (2010)
• Time Zone: CET (GMT+1), Summer CEST (GMT+2)
• Main languages spoken: Maltese, English ## Diveable overseas territories:

Maltese diving federations:

FEDERATION OF UNDERWATER ACTIVITIES MALTA (FUAM) is a member of Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS)

Local diving laws and regulations (and PADI-equivalent certifications):