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Scuba DivingMaltaSaint Paul's Bay (Malta)Qawra (St. Paul's Bay)

SSI Open Water Scuba Diving Course for Beginners

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Activity
Scuba Diving
Full description
Included
Transfer, Complete Diving Gear
Levels
First Timer
Languages
German, English
Note
No certification needed
Meeting places
Qawra (St. Paul's Bay) - Qawra

At our base in the Gillieru Harbour Hotel (Church Square, St Paul's Bay, Malta) or we individually arrange a hotel pick-up after booking (in St. Paul's Bay area only).

Bugibba (St Paul's Bay) - Bugibba

At our base in the Gillieru Harbour Hotel (Church Square, St Paul's Bay, Malta) or we individually arrange a hotel pick-up after booking (in St. Paul's Bay area only).

FREE cancellation with full refund up to 24 hours before the start of the activity

Details

With the SSI Open Water Diver course, you become a safe and certified diver in no time. Once you've mastered all the basics while practising in shallow water directly at our base, you're ready for your first open water dives around Malta, Comino and Gozo. Together with your experienced instructors, find out what makes diving in the Maltese archipelago so unique and discover the numerous treasures under the sea surface!

The VIP option allows you to start your course whenever you want. Here the group size is limited to two participants per instructor.


Goal of the course
The globally recognized SSI Open Water Diver certification allows you to join guided dives and continue with the Advance Oper Water Course everywhere. During the course, you will acquire the basic skills of diving and learn to navigate safely under water. Through the convenient online theory training, which you can complete in advance, you can fully concentrate on the practice in the course.

Meeting & Preparation
If you arrive by car, parking is widely available nearby. We either meet directly at our base at the Gillieru Harbour Hotel or pick you up from your accommodation (in St. Paul's Bay area only) and take you to the dive centre. Here you will get to know your instructors and receive the equipment. As soon as the group is ready, we will start the course. The group size is limited to 5 participants in the regular course and 2 participants per instructor in the VIP option.

Course content
- Day 1: Practice in confined water
- Day 2: 2 Open Water Dives
- Day 3: 2 Open Water Dives

Included Activities
- Practice Dives in confined water
- 4 Open Water Dives (For boat dives we charge EUR 10 per dive extra on site)
- Online Theory Lessons

Included Services
- Certified SSI diving instructor
- High-quality diving gear (all you need for your dive: wetsuit, mask, fins, regulator, weights)
- Scuba tank (200 Bar for all dives)
- Daily transfers & pick-up from hotel (in St. Paul’s Bay area only)
- E-Learning material
- SSI registration fee & certificate

Requirements
- Minimum age: 12 years
- Physical health
- Swimming ability

Good to know
There has to be at least 24 hours, between the end of the activity and your next flight.

Recommendations for SSI Open Water Scuba Diving Course for Beginners

ElenaOctober 7, 2024verified3 days (5 hours/day)

The diving course made our vacation an unforgettable experience! The whole team is super nice and looked after us wonderfully. The course was perfectly organized, both theory and practice were taught to us with the highest level of expertise and sympathy. The safety of everyone involved was always the top priority, we always had complete trust in the guides. They looked at the strengths and weaknesses of each individual in the course and addressed each one individually accordingly. They took away our fears and made us feel comfortable in the wonderful underwater world. Being able to do the diving course on vacation in our native language made it even easier for us to understand and implement the content without language barriers. The best diving spots were selected on a daily basis, the course time was optimally designed to accommodate all the content, not too long and not too short. We felt very well looked after and would make the decision to do our Open Water Diver at Octopus Garden again at any time. We can only recommend the diving center to everyone. You made a big dream come true for us - thank you again, dear ones!! We have had a little reminder of it under our skin ever since :)

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SeverinOctober 21, 2022verified3 days (5 hours/day)

Very family atmosphere

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GeorgJuly 29, 2022verified3 days (5 hours/day)

Super nice diving instructors and top training

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Qualifications

SSI Dive Center

Octopus Garden Diving Center Malta is part of the worldwide SSI network of dive centres that provide SSI certification courses, thereby following the organisation's internationally set standards for scuba diving education.

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