Our SSI Diving Courses

Whether you are a beginner or an advanced diver, our experienced, multilingual team of instructors will teach you in a fun and safe manner, always respecting the highest standards of safety, according to the international SSI standard / code of practice and preferably in your own language. Among others, we teach in German, English and French.

Our team will be happy to accompany you on your way from your first Try Dive, all the way to becoming a diving professional! Of course our courses also take place in small groups.


 

Beginner Courses


SSI Try Scuba

Try Scuba

The SSI Try Scuba programme is the perfect introduction to the underwater world for children between 8 and 10 years. This introductory programme gives the juniors the opportunity to learn about and experience the underwater world in a confined water environment. We run this program in a ratio of one child to one instructor.


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  • Age: 8-10 years
  • Depth limit: 5 metres
  • Duration: 1,5 - 2 hours

 

Price: 69,- € incl. rental equipment


SSI Basic Diver

 
SSI Basic Diver
 

This entry-level programme offers you the opportunity to experience the underwater world in an open water environment and take your first breaths under water without having to go through a long certification programme. After this try dive you can decide if you want to do your whole dive course to become an autonomous diver.


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  • If you decide to take the Open Water Diver course within six months of completing the Basic Diver programme, you will receive credit for your open water dive.
  • Minimum age: 10 years
  • Depth limit: 12 metres
  • Duration: 2 - 2,5 hours

 

Price: 85,- € incl. rental equipment

 

SSI Scuba Diver

SSI Scuba Diver

This programme is for students who do not have time to complete the full Open Water Diver programme. It provides you with the necessary training and experience to safely dive to a depth of 12 metres in open waters under the supervision of a dive professional.


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  • You will receive the SSI Scuba Diver certification, which you can upgrade to the SSI Open Water Diver certification through additional training.
  • Minimum age: 10 years
  • Depth limit: 12 metres
  • Duration: 1,5 days + online training

 

Price: 240,- € incl. rental equipment
+ 50,-€ certification fee
optional: + 10,-€ printed card


SSI Open Water Diver

 
SSI Open Water Diver
 

This globally accepted certification programme is the best way to begin your lifelong adventure as a certified diver. Through customised training combined with in-water exercises, you'll gain the skills and experience you need to feel comfortable and safe underwater with a depth limit of 18 metres.


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  • You'll earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification, which designates you as an autonomous diver.
  • Minimum age: 10 years
  • Depth limit: 18 metres
  • Duration: 3 days + online training

 

Price: 400,- € incl. rental equipment
+ 50,-€ certification fee
optional: + 10,-€ printed card


 

Advanced Courses

Improve your diving skills and experience at Dive Vision Malta under the professional and friendly guidance of our instructors. In the advanced diver training program you can choose from a variety of Advanced and Specialty courses. We are happy to advise you individually. The SSI Specialty programs are the ideal way to improve your current skills and learn new ones.

Once you have completed a certain number of specialty programs and logged a certain number of dives, you will automatically receive the Specialty Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver or Master Diver certification cards. For your diving stay in Malta we recommend the specialties Deep Diving, Enriched Air Nitrox, Wreck Diving and Scooter / DPV Diving. For all courses you can complete the theory in advance via the SSI online training.


SSI Advanced Adventurer

SSI Advanced Adventurer

This programme allows you to experience five different open water dives from five SSI Specialty programmes without having to complete the entire specialties. If you're not sure how you want to proceed, this is the perfect way to improve your diving skills and experience and find out which specialty programmes might interest you.


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  • You will receive the SSI Advanced Adventurer certification upon completion of this programme.
  • Minimum age: 10 years (12 years if you want to do the deep dive)
  • Depth limit: depending on the specialties
  • Duration: 5 dives + online training

 

Price: 295,- €
+ 50,-€ certification fee
optional: + 10,-€ printed card


SSI Deep Diving Specialty

 
SSI Deep Diving
 

As a deep diver, you have the unique opportunity to discover some of the best dive sites in the world and the mysterious marine life. There is so much waiting for you in the deep blue sea. In a balanced combination of theory sessions and open water dives, the SSI Deep Diving Specialty teaches you everything you need to know for dives between 18 and 40 meters.


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  • You will learn to plan and safely execute your deep diving adventures and get the most out of your deep dives using dive computers and gas consumption calculations.
  • Minimum age: 15 years
  • Depth limit: 40 Meters
  • Duration: 3 dives

 

Price: 180,- €
+ 50,-€ certification fee
optional: + 10,-€ printed card

 

SSI Recreational Sidemount

SSI Recreational Sidemount Diving

More and more divers are discovering the benefits of this style of diving, such as better freedom of movement without a heavy tank on the back and a new sense of buoyancy. To make this kind of dives safe, special training is needed. You will learn all about the background, history, advantages and equipment of sidemount diving in theory classes. In practice you will learn how to configure your equipment and how to handle it in the water.


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  • You will quickly realize that the comfortable buoyancy and easier movement offers a whole new diving experience.
  • Duration: theory + 4 dives

 

Price: 280,- €
+ 50,-€ certification fee
optional: + 10,-€ printed card


SSI Scooter / DPV Specialty

 
SSI Scooter DPV Diving
 

Want to enjoy more extended dives and cover and explore a larger dive area? Then the SSI Scooter/DPV Specialty program is the perfect course for you. You can only swim so far with your legs, but with an underwater Scooter or Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) you can enjoy every dive without worry.


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  • In this DPV course, you'll learn everything you need to know to safely use a DPV and earn your Specialty certification.
  • Minimum age: 15 years
  • Depth limit: 30 Meters
  • Duration: 2 dives + 1 limited open water lesson

 

Price: 140,- €
+ 50,-€ certification fee
optional: + 10,-€ printed card

 

SSI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty

SSI Enriched Air Nitrox

Want to experience safer diving or extend your no-decompression time, shorten your surface intervals and spend more time at your favorite dive sites? Join the SSI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty program and become a nitrox diver.


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  • You'll learn all about safely planning and conducting dives with enriched air mixtures up to 40% oxygen.
  • Minimum age: 15 years
  • Duration: Theory Course

 

Price: 89,- €
+ 50,-€ certification fee
optional: + 10,-€ printed card


SSI Diver Stress & Rescue Specialty

 
Stress
 

The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty program is the best course to learn the skills necessary to help yourself and other divers. You'll learn how to recognize stress, prevent accidents, and be taught practical techniques for performing rescues and emergency care.


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  • With a combination of pool and open water training, you will be well and safely prepared to handle emergency and rescue situations.
  • Minimum age: 15 years
  • Duration: 2,5 days

 

Price: 329,- €
+ 50,-€ certification fee
optional: + 10,-€ printed card

Weitere Specialities
We're also offering other specialty courses. Feel free to message us: Contactform
 

 

Underwater Photography

 
Underwater photography is a big hobby of our base leader Gorden. He has been involved in underwater photography since 2004 and his pictures have been published in renowned diving magazines such as "Tauchen" and "Unterwasser". As a very special "Speciality" Gorden offers individual, private courses of SLR underwater photography on request.

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  • Minimum age: 14 years
  • Prerequisite: Good buoyancy control, basic knowledge of UW photography and your own UW camera equipment.
  • Duration: depending on previous knowledge 3 to 4 days

Price: on request

 

 

SSI e-Learning

We teach our courses according to SSI - Scuba Schools International - standards. On the website of SSI (www.divessi.com) you can inform yourself about all the courses on offer. If you decide to take an SSI course with us during your stay in Malta, we recommend that you do the SSI online training to study the theory in advance, which can be done from the comfort of your home. As soon as you register for the course, we will activate your account for the online theory at SSI (without extra charge). This way you’ll have more time for diving practice, fun and relaxation during your vacation.
 

Our PADI Diving Courses

Whether you're a beginner or an advanced diver, our experienced team of multi-lingual instructors will teach you to dive in a fun and safe way, in accordance with PADI guidelines. Preferably we use your mother tongue. We offer courses in a variety of languages, including German, English and French. Our team will enthusiastically accompany you on your journey, from your first introductory dive to advanced training for certified divers and even development into a diving professional. Of course, we attach great importance to the fact that our courses are held in small groups.


 

PADI Beginner Courses

 

PADI Bubblemaker

PADI-Courses (3)

Experience scuba diving under the direct supervision of a professional diving instructor. Take your first breaths underwater in water shallower than 2 metres. For children who are at least 8 years old. We run this program in a ratio of one child to one instructor.


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  • Age: 8-10 years
  • Depth limit: 2 metres
  • Duration: 1,5 hours

 

Price: 69,- € incl. rental equipment

 

PADI Discover Scuba Diving (DSD)

 
PADI-Courses
 

Want to find out what scuba diving is like before deciding to get your PADI Open Water Diver scuba diving certification? During this experience, you can try scuba diving for the first time in calm water environment.  A highly-trained diving professional will provide scuba gear, explain basic scuba diving skills and answer any questions you may have.


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  • Minimum age: 10 years
  • Depth limit: 12 metres
  • Duration: 2 - 2,5 hours

 

Price: 85,- € incl. rental equipment

 

 

PADI Scuba Diver

PADI-Courses (1)

If you're short on time but really want to become a diver, the PADI Scuba Diver rating might be right for you  ̶  particularly if you expect to go scuba diving primarily with a dive guide. This course is an intermediate step for earning an Open Water Diver certification, if that's your ultimate goal.


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  • You will receive the PADI Scuba Diver certification, which you can upgrade to the PADI Open Water Diver certification through additional training.
  • Minimum age: 10 years
  • Depth limit: 12 metres
  • Duration: 1,5 days + online training

 

Price: 240,- € incl. rental equipment
+ 50,-€ certification fee
optional: + 10,-€ printed card

 

PADI Open Water Diver

 
PADI-Courses (5)
 

The PADI Open Water Diver is the first scuba certification level that allows you to be an autonomous diver. A highly-trained diving Instructor will teach you how to scuba dive in a relaxed, supportive learning environment. By the end of the course, you'll have the skills and knowledge to dive at home or abroad and be an ambassador for the underwater world.


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  • You will earn the PADI Open Water Diver certification, which designates you as an autonomous diver.
  • Minimum age: 10 years
  • Depth limit: 18 metres
  • Duration: 3 days + online training

 

Price: 400,- € incl. rental equipment
+ 50,-€ certification fee
optional: + 10,-€ printed card


 

PADI Advanced Courses

Improve your diving skills and expand your experience at Dive Vision Malta, guided by our knowledgeable and friendly instructors. Within our advanced training programme, you can choose from a variety of Advanced and Specialty courses. We are also happy to offer you individual advice. The PADI Specialty programmes offer the ideal way to perfect existing skills and gain new ones.

 

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

PADI-Courses (2)

The PADI AOWD course is all about advancing your skills. You'll practice navigation and buoyancy, try deep diving and make three more specialty dives of your choosing. For every specialty dive you complete, you can earn credit toward PADI specialty certifications. Here are a few of the many options: Deep, Enriched Air Nitrox, Fish Identification, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Search & Recovery, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigation, and Wreck Diver.


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  • You will receive the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification upon completion of this programme.
  • Minimum age: 10 years 
  • Depth limit: depending on the specialties
  • Duration: 5 dives + online training

 

Price: 295,- €
+ 50,-€ certification fee
optional: + 10,-€ printed card

 

PADI Rescue Diver

 
PADI-Courses (4)
 

The PADI Rescue Diver course will change the way you dive – in the best possible way. Learn to identify and fix minor issues before they become big problems, gain a lot of confidence and have serious fun along the way. With a combination of confined and open water training, you will be prepared to handle emergency and rescue situations.


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  • Minimum age: 12 years
  • Requirements: Adventure diver incl. Navigation dive & Training in first aid and CPR
  • Duration: 2,5 days

 

Price: 329,- €
+ 50,-€ certification fee
optional: + 10,-€ printed card