Looking to Learn to Dive in 2025?
We organise beginner Scuba Diving Courses every day. You can choose from our 3 hour try dive lessons or even better if you wish to get a qualification go ahead and sign up to join our 2 or 3 day PADI Scuba Diver Courses.
Malta is the perfect location to Learn to Dive; warm water, no currents, great visibility and our many sheltered calm bays means all your diver training is conducted directly in the sea, rather than in a swimming pool!
At Maltaqua like to keep all our Learn to Dive classes small to ensure you get the best tuition possible. Our Maltaqua Small Group Guarantee covers all our Learn to Dive Courses, with a student to Instructor ratio of just "2 students to One Instructor" for all our try dive lessons for first time divers. On our PADI Learn to Dive certification courses the ratio is One Instructor to 3 students, so even if you are booking as a family or group of 4 or 5 we will still provide you with 2 private Instructors.
Unsure which Learn to dive course to choose?
In this case we suggest you start by booking one of our Try dive lesson which provide a fun afternoon and a great introduction into the sport of diving.  These dive lessons are organised every afternoon excluding Sundays.
If you enjoy your lesson (which we are certain you will)  you can go straight on and sign up for our PADI certification course, which will provide you with to an internationally recognised Dive qualification. 
Depending on how much time you have, you can enrol on our 2 day PADI Scuba Diver Course or our 3 day PADI Open water course. 
All equipment is provided, as well as road transportation to the dive sites.

Below are a few of the most common questions we get asked, please email us if you need any further information.

Do I need to be a strong swimmer? 
Not at all, you do need to know how to swim but you do not need to be a great swimmer. 

What age can I dive?
No there is no age limit, diving is for everyone over the age of 10, as long as you are medically fit, you can Learn to Dive!

How long are the lessons?
Our Try dives lessons take around 3 hours. While for our PADI certification courses you will be with us from 08:00 to 14:30 for the duration of the course, which is 2 days for the PADI Scuba Diver 12m level and 3 days for the PADI Open Water 18m certification level.

Do you provide all the equipment?
Yes we will provide you with all the equipment you need, all you need to bring for your lessons is a swimsuit, towel and change of dry clothes.

I have prescription glasses, can I see underwater?
We have a selection of prescriptive scuba masks, which you can borrow during your course. We also have a selection of masks with prescription lenses at our dive shop, so you may even decide to purchase your own scuba mask with lenses!

Do I need to get a medical certificate to Dive?
Most people do not need medicals prior to diving. This very much depends on your medical history. We will send you a medical questioner form to fill out. This form will indicate if you need to consult with your doctor prior to starting your diver training.

Can you help with booking accommodation for us during our training?
We have a choice of apartments next to Maltaqua, making it easy to stay with us during your training. You are welcome to book any number of nights (3 night minimum stay). Our apartments at Sands, range from comfortable one bedroom studios for one or two persons to a large Seafront Villa sleeping 6 persons.
 

Want to travel and see the world?

Becoming a PADI Instructor is a great way to see the world while doing what you love most..Scuba Diving.

Who is a PADI Instructor? A PADI instructor can be someone from all walks of life. Thats what makes Scuba Instructors so different and interesting.
From the 20 year old who is taking a gap year to travel the world, working as a dive Instructor to finance the Adventure, to the 55 year old retired professional, who decides enough is enough and its now high time I start enjoying myself by doing something I love. It may be a diver who loves what she does and is ready to take a huge leap by opening her own dive school!
The one thing all PADI professionals have in common is the love for the Sea.

At Maltaqua our PADI Instructor training courses start as soon as you enrol on one of our courses!
The theory for this course is completed online, so can start straight away on the theory. The practical part of your course is run over an 7 day period, with the next PADI Instructor training course starting on 23 April 2025.
Whatever your background or your nationality we will teach you the skills you need to become a PADI Professional .Expect a very intense, hard but rewarding few days! You will need to be very focused and physically fit!  As a PADI Instructor you will be responsible for others in the water, so you need to be a very confident diver yourself, in great physical shape with the right mind set needed to take on this responsibility.

As a PADI Instructor you will be teaching all ages, and students of different abilities, so you need to be able to adapt and handle different situations in a professional but fun way. After all your students are doing this for Fun! 

Our aim is to not only help you become a PADI Instructor we want you to become a GREAT one!

Who can enrol on the PADI Instructor Training course ?:
PADI Divemasters
PADI Assistant Instructors
Divers who hold a Scuba Instructor qualification from another agency

If you are interested in enrolling on one of our PADI IDC's we will be happy to hear from you!
You can find information about our PADI Instructor training course here: TAKE ME THERE!
Our next IDC starts in April with the Instructor exam taking place the week end after the Instructor course
We will be running a second Instructor course, in the period  November 2025.

We often get asked, "Is it too cold to Learn to dive in Malta in November?" or 'Do you offer Scuba lessons in December?' 
YES, YES! It is possible to Learn to Dive all year round on Malta.
Our winter sea conditions still allow for scuba diving.
The sea temperature will slowly start to decrease in mid December reaching 19C just after the Christmas holidays.

We close for staff holidays between the 16th December and the 30th January, so please take this into account when booking your travel dates.

We change to warmer winter wetsuits around November, so you are certain to feel comfortable all through our winter dive season, which starts November through to March.
Our rental suits are the best on the market, the Fourth Element Helios 7mm  suits, providing comfortable warm insulation for our winter sea temperatures, so there is no reason not to take the plunge!
Our Learn to Dive value packages, include; Apartment Accommodation, The PADI Open Water Course, dive equipment rental, and road transport to the dive sites.
The only item you need to sort out is flights, and with so many Carriers offering daily flights to Malta, you are sure to grab a good deal.
Single travellers are most welcome. We do not need a minimum number of persons to run our Learn to Dive classes, which can be booked to start on any weekday!

Find out more about our Learn to Dive packages

September 4th - 12th 2019

We will be running a full range of PADI Technical Instructor training courses during the period 4th to12th September. This event is specifically aimed at Diving Instructors who want to be able to offer their students technical training, be it just to challenge themselves and try something new, or with the aim to explore some deeper wrecks. Course Director and Technical Instructor Trainer Gary Mawston will be spending 2 weeks conducting Instructor training, so whatever your level of technical diving, you can join a range of courses to learn the skills needed and gain the qualifiaction required to teach your divers.

Courses: Tec Deep Instructor, Tec trimix Instructor, Tec Sidemount Instructor, as well as Gas Blending Instructor.
Accommodation is also available during this period.

Let us know what level of technical diivng you have and the courses you wish to be able to teach, so we can put some options together for you!