Add speed and control to your scuba scooter dives
Incorporate speed, control, and a new technical dimension into your dives with the SSI Scooter Diver course in Malta.
This specialty is designed for Advanced divers who want to learn how to use an underwater scooter safely and efficiently.
You’ll practice scooter handling, specific planning, and safety protocols in 2 supervised dives in the sea. Upon completion, you’ll obtain the official SSI Scooter Diver certification.
The SSI Scooter Diver course is a specialty to learn how to use an underwater scooter (scooter) safely and efficiently during your dives.
You’ll practice handling techniques, speed control, and specific planning, learning to integrate the scooter into the dive while optimizing air consumption and maintaining stability with your buddy.
It includes specific training in the use of the scooter and 2 supervised dives in the sea. Upon completion, you’ll obtain the official SSI Scooter Diver certification.
Diving with an underwater scooter (scooter) completely transforms the way you explore the seabed. It allows you to cover areas in a single dive that would normally require several.
Thanks to the scooter’s thrust, you can move more efficiently, reduce physical effort, and cover great distances while maintaining stability and control of air consumption.
It’s an ideal specialty for exploring walls, wrecks, or large rock formations more dynamically, adding a new technical dimension to your recreational dives.
Add speed, control, and new sensations to your dives with the SSI Scooter Diver certification.
Our Scooter Diver SSI specialty course includes everything you need to learn how to use an underwater scooter safely, with control and confidence, integrating it correctly into your dives.
Access to the official SSI eLearning with specific content on scooter use, dive planning with scooters, consumption management, and safety protocols.
Supervised training in the sea where you will practice handling techniques, speed control, stability, and coordination with your buddy during the dive
Real application of the scooter in an open environment, working on planning, underwater communication, and procedures for possible incidents.
Insurance during the entire activity and issuance of the international SSI Scooter Diver certification upon completion of the training.
The Scooter Diver SSI course is aimed at certified divers who want to expand their technical skills and explore a new way of moving underwater.
To complete this specialty, it is necessary:
We use regularly inspected equipment and scooters in perfect condition to guarantee performance, safety, and reliability underwater.
From our centers in St. Julian’s and St. Paul’s Bay, we quickly access ideal areas for scooter diving in optimal conditions.
We work with small groups to ensure direct supervision, personalized corrections, and greater safety during DPV dives.
Our team has extensive experience in technical specialties and advanced training, guaranteeing safe and structured training.
SCUBA MALTA
St Julian's
SCUBA MALTA has a dive center in St. Julians and will soon open another dive center in St. Pauls, both strategically located to offer you quick access to the best dive sites in Malta.
SCUBA MALTA St Julians's is located in Portomaso Marina, level -5, a modern marina with direct access to the sea, next to Sliema, Spinola or Paceville.
New dive center opening soon in St. Paul's Bay.
Hit us up! We’re dying to chat about our top-tier diving courses and services.
Portomaso Marina, Level -5, St. Julians
hello@scubamalta.com
+356 9942 6729
+35 699 42 67 29
A DPV (Diver Propulsion Vehicle) is an underwater scooter that allows you to move underwater with less effort and cover greater distances during a dive.
Yes. To complete the SSI DPV Diver specialty, you must have Advanced Open Water certification or equivalent, as the course is aimed at divers with previous experience.
No. During the course you will learn to control the speed, direction and stability of the DPV progressively, always under the supervision of a certified instructor.
This course throws you into 2 supervised ocean dives where you’ll master underwater scooter handling, nail your dive planning, and lock down safety protocols.
An underwater scooter? That’s your ticket to covering serious ground, ditching the drag, and unlocking way more dive site in a single plunge.
Nope. We run this course with standard recreational gear. The underwater scooter and all the bits you need? We’ve got you covered during training.
You bet. Malta’s got dive conditions dialed for most of the year, so you can snag your DPV Diver specialty in different seasons, playing it by ear with the sea’s mood.