Course overview

Discover a different ocean after sunset with the SSI Night Diving specialty in Malta and Gozo. The islands' calm, clear shore sites make night diving approachable, and your torch reveals octopus, moray eels and cuttlefish that come alive in the dark. You earn the SSI Night Diving certification.

What you’ll learn

• Plan and conduct night dives with the right equipment
• Use torch and light-signal communication
• Navigate and stay oriented in low visibility
• Maintain buoyancy without clear visual cues
• Recognise nocturnal marine life and behaviour
• Manage night entries, exits and buddy procedures

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12
• SSI Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Medical clearance signed by a physician

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Night diving

   SSI academics plus night dives at a calm Gozo or Cirkewwa shore site, mastering light signals, orientation and nocturnal wildlife spotting, then certification.

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