The Um El Faroud is a shore entry, like most of the dives we did in Malta. Our divemaster, Sergey from Subway Scuba in Malta, liked to start early (so do we) and as a… Continue reading…
Last year August, Tony and I spent a blissful week in Malta, diving ourselves silly in the mornings and napping in the heat of the afternoon. In the evenings, we ate ice cream and participated… Continue reading…
A short, slightly random video clip I took on the ferry that runs from Cirkewwa in Malta to Gozo. We’d taken the ferry to go and dive the Blue Hole and Inland Sea on Gozo,… Continue reading…
Here’s Clare doing her first ever giant stride off a luzzu, which is a traditional Maltese boat. In Malta any and every sort of boat is used for diving. We loved the luzzu because there… Continue reading…
For me it’s a toss up between backward rolling and giant strides as my favourite entry technique for scuba diving. Living in Cape Town, opportunities for giant strides are limited to occasional harbour dives (boat… Continue reading…
Subway Dive Centre is a PADI 5* Instructor Development Centre, National Geographic Dive Centre and Project AWARE Official Partner located in the town of Bugibba on the island of Malta. I wish I could remember… Continue reading…
My sister and brother in law announced to us in September 2010 that they were expecting a baby boy. Asher was born on 9 March 2011, and his first Christmas present from me and Tony… Continue reading…
A summary of the posts covering our Malta diving holiday follows. Peter G. Lemon’s book on scuba diving in Malta, Gozo and Comino is an excellent reference too. Hopefully this information can help you plan… Continue reading…
When he surfaced, ecstatic, from this dive, Tony exclaimed to Sergey our Divemaster in Malta, “I think that was the best dive I’ve ever done!” It was only the second day of our diving in… Continue reading…
