Malta Diving

/a lurker de-lurks to say something

I've just returned from a weekend trip to Malta where I completed my
Advanced Open Water qualification, and in had a all round good time.
Just wanted to put the word out that DiveWise in St Julians Bay seem
to be running a very tight ship. Very friendly crew who seem happy to
help in any way they can. There's a pretty decent house dive site.
It's a shore entry and gradually drops to about 22m before rising back
up to 2m as a handy outer edge.
We did a couple of dives there, then the following day went to the
Rozi and P29.

Got some pics from the trip here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/5032949...7603851401557/

Cheers
Alastair

Alastair wrote:
> /a lurker de-lurks to say something
>
> I've just returned from a weekend trip to Malta where I completed my
> Advanced Open Water qualification, and in had a all round good time.
> Just wanted to put the word out that DiveWise in St Julians Bay seem
> to be running a very tight ship. Very friendly crew who seem happy to
> help in any way they can. There's a pretty decent house dive site.
> It's a shore entry and gradually drops to about 22m before rising back
> up to 2m as a handy outer edge.
> We did a couple of dives there, then the following day went to the
> Rozi and P29.
>
> Got some pics from the trip here
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/5032949...7603851401557/
>
> Cheers
> Alastair

I've been with them .. very good, especially the '4x4 loaded with
cylinders' races back from dive sites!

How much was the trip and who did you book with (the non divce stuff), I
want to go again.

On 5 Feb, 17:03, Blah <b...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Alastair wrote:
> > /a lurker de-lurks to say something
>
> > I've just returned from a weekend trip to Malta where I completed my
> > Advanced Open Water qualification, and in had a all round good time.
> > Just wanted to put the word out that DiveWise in St Julians Bay seem
> > to be running a very tight ship. Very friendly crew who seem happy to
> > help in any way they can. There's a pretty decent house dive site.
> > It's a shore entry and gradually drops to about 22m before rising back
> > up to 2m as a handy outer edge.
> > We did a couple of dives there, then the following day went to the
> > Rozi and P29.
>
> > Got some pics from the trip here
> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/5032949...7603851401557/
>
> > Cheers
> > Alastair
>
> I've been with them .. very good, especially the '4x4 *loaded with
> cylinders' races back from dive sites!
>
> How much was the trip and who did you book with (the non divce stuff), I
> want to go again.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I did the trip through London Diving. www.londondiving.net
They organise trips about every 6 weeks, and arrange everything except
the flights. Can't remember the price and it included the AOW course
as well. Flights were with RyanAir, got them for about £40.

On 5 Feb, 17:03, Blah <b...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> Alastair wrote:
> > /a lurker de-lurks to say something
>
> > I've just returned from a weekend trip to Malta where I completed my
> > Advanced Open Water qualification, and in had a all round good time.
> > Just wanted to put the word out that DiveWise in St Julians Bay seem
> > to be running a very tight ship. Very friendly crew who seem happy to
> > help in any way they can. There's a pretty decent house dive site.
> > It's a shore entry and gradually drops to about 22m before rising back
> > up to 2m as a handy outer edge.
> > We did a couple of dives there, then the following day went to the
> > Rozi and P29.
>
> > Got some pics from the trip here
> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/5032949...7603851401557/
>
> > Cheers
> > Alastair
>
> I've been with them .. very good, especially the '4x4 *loaded with
> cylinders' races back from dive sites!
>
> How much was the trip and who did you book with (the non divce stuff), I
> want to go again.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Oh, and I think they're under new management this year. Nev is still
there though, if you knew him.

Alastair wrote:
> On 5 Feb, 17:03, Blah <b...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>> Alastair wrote:
>>> /a lurker de-lurks to say something
>>> I've just returned from a weekend trip to Malta where I completed my
>>> Advanced Open Water qualification, and in had a all round good time.
>>> Just wanted to put the word out that DiveWise in St Julians Bay seem
>>> to be running a very tight ship. Very friendly crew who seem happy to
>>> help in any way they can. There's a pretty decent house dive site.
>>> It's a shore entry and gradually drops to about 22m before rising back
>>> up to 2m as a handy outer edge.
>>> We did a couple of dives there, then the following day went to the
>>> Rozi and P29.
>>> Got some pics from the trip here
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/5032949...7603851401557/
>>> Cheers
>>> Alastair
>> I've been with them .. very good, especially the '4x4 loaded with
>> cylinders' races back from dive sites!
>>
>> How much was the trip and who did you book with (the non divce stuff), I
>> want to go again.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Oh, and I think they're under new management this year. Nev is still
> there though, if you knew him.

The only name I can recall was the Course Director - Patrick?
Their website still shows him as boss..

On 8 Feb, 14:17, Blah <b...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> The only name I can recall was the Course Director - Patrick?
> Their website still shows him as boss..- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I think the website is due for an update...

Alastair wrote:
> On 8 Feb, 14:17, Blah <b...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>> The only name I can recall was the Course Director - Patrick?
>> Their website still shows him as boss..- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> I think the website is due for an update...

Thats strange, Patricks dad ran the place for 40 years (so Patrick
said), then he took over, taking his CD just to be the main man - and
that was only late 2006 - and gone already?

Mind you, there were around 6 dive shops in about 2 miles so I guess
competition is stiff around there

On 8 Feb, 21:16, Blah <b...@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> Thats strange, Patricks dad ran the place for 40 years (so Patrick
> said), then he took over, taking his CD just to be the main man - and
> that was only late 2006 - and gone already?
>
> Mind you, there were around 6 dive shops in about 2 miles so I guess
> competition is stiff around there

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure what's going on there. But there
seem to be soe new management in place now.