SSI Buceador de Pecios Avanzado

Malta has more diveable wrecks per square kilometre than most places in the Mediterranean, and Dive Systems Malta runs this SSI specialty with direct access to several of them. The course covers wreck survey, navigation inside and around wrecks, and the protocols for safe penetration diving.

The Um El Faroud, Tug Boat 2 and P29 are among the recreational-depth wrecks accessible from the centre's base in Sliema. Course dives are conducted on actual wrecks rather than on simulated structures, which means skills are learned in the same environment where they'll be used immediately after certification.

For divers who want to progress further, the SSI Advanced Wreck Diver feeds directly into the Advanced Wreck Adventurer Combo (from €695), which bundles additional specialty dives and moves toward a broader adventure diver qualification. There is also a clear pathway into Dive Systems' technical programme for those who want to access the deeper WWII wrecks — HMS Olympus, HMS Urge, ORP Kujawiak (L72) — that sit beyond recreational limits.

Briefings cover the history of specific wrecks as well as the diving techniques, and staff knowledge of Malta's underwater heritage is evident from multiple guest reviews. The centre has been running wreck diving on these same sites for over four decades.