Dive Review of Diveshack Malta in
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Diveshack Malta: "A perfect vacation of both diving and above surface activities", Jun, 2026, by Mort Rolleston, DC, US ( Contributor 12 reports). Report 13852.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We couldn’t resist the invitation from friends to dive Malta as we’ve never dove in the Mediterranean. We dove three times a day for five days at the following sites: Zurrig Helmet on the south shore of Malta near the Blue Grotto; the Valletta harbor at Tigne Point, X127 Water Lighter wreck, HMS Maori wreck, and Fort St Elmo; the Tug 2 wreck just north of Sliema; the Rozi and P29 wrecks as well as Ahrax Point off the north shore of Malta; the P31 wreck and Santa Marija Caves on Comino (a separate uninhabited island); and Fessej Rock and Middle Finger on Gozo (yet another island). For the most part, these represent the most well known sites. Abnormal high winds/wind direction and waves kept us mostly within the Valletta Harbor for the first couple of days, suggesting we would have gone to different shore sites otherwise. Malta does have some unique characteristics compared to where we normally dive in the tropics. Indeed, it is probably most similar to southern California without the kelp/sea life. First, the diving is more about underwater topography and wrecks than sea life. Most dives feature large rocky walls, caverns, and large boulders – often covered with beautiful thick fields of green Neptune seagrass, yellow seagrass of some kind, and/or Peacock Tail algae that look like white flower pedals rather than coral. While the wrecks predictably attract a fair amount of schooling fish, they are more the exception away from the wrecks. Most of the fish are quite small: think gobies, damselfish, bream, blennies, wrasse, and chromis. There were a few unique species you don’t often see elsewhere such as triggerfish, octopus, flying gurnards, t ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Diveshack Malta
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Throughout most of Caribbean, Florida (Key Largo, Palm Beach, Jupiter, USS Oriskany), NC wrecks, St Lawrence River wrecks, Monterey and Catalina CA, Hawaii, Great Barrier Reef/Coral Sea Australia, French Polynesia, Komodos in Indonesia, Galapagos, Hawaii, and Silfra in Iceland.
Closest Airport	Valletta	Getting There	Most of the best options seemed to be via Frankfurt on Lufthansa/United. The connections were very tight (unfortunately, not many options) and the customs/immigration line at Frankfurt was very long both directions - we barely made our connection going to Malta and barely missed it coming home. Highly recommend building in at least a two hour layover in Frankfurt if you can. There is apparently a new/recent non-stop flight from New York to Malta that might merit consideration from US.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	65-73°F / 18-23°C	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	While there were not specific hardcore limits - we followed a guide who was generally planning dives to end with about 1000 psi - which meant most dives lasted 50-60 minutes for us. For most part, the dive lengths were about right for the site. Dive operator was not on a strict schedule.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	There were no apparent facilities for underwater photographers on either of our chartered boats such as a separate camera bucket with fresh water or a place to store cameras. For ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Diveshack Malta in Mediterranean/Malta

Diveshack Malta: "A perfect vacation of both diving and above surface activities", Jun, 2026,

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Dive Review of Diveshack Malta in
Mediterranean/Malta