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PADI Dive Against Debris Specialty

Available on 21 Dec

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Key info

  • 5 hours (approx.)
  • Incl. 1 dive
  • Dive site(s) determined on the dive day
  • English
  • Max. 3 students / instructor
  • Hotel pick up
  • Instant confirmation
  • Free Cancellation - 24hrs notice
  • Show mobile or printed voucher

Highlights

Pay the ocean forward by helping clean it up on your next dive. Learn about the problems of marine debris, conducting Dive Against Debris surveys, and how divers are part of the solution to keeping our ocean clean.

  • Make a difference on every dive - we can show you how
  • Gain the knowledge and skills to activate your inner citizen scientist by taking the Dive Against Debris® Specialty.
  • You'll learn to complete Dive Against Debris surveys under the guidance of a PADI® Professional
  • Enjoy a dive while making the ocean healthier
  • help keep you your local dive sites healthier by removing trash.

Dive center

New Dimension Scuba is a PADI Eco dive centre. We keep our standards high and our ratios low, providing a safe and personalised experience for all our students and divers. We are passionate about diver education and will help you continue developing your skills and knowledge, helping you to become a safe and competent diver. Malta is home to some of the best diving in the world and we have wrecks to suits all diver abilities such as WW2 Destroyers to local Patrol boats, as well as the famous Blue Hole divesite on Gozo. We're small, personal and here to make your diving trip awesome.

As part of an ECO dive centre, we have free drinkable water at the dive centre. Bring along your refillable water bottles for free water while diving with us and avoid buying single use plastic bottles. 

PADI Dive Center Wi-Fi (FREE) Dive shop 2 PADI Instructors Max. 4.0 divers / guide

Address: 9279 Km from your location
Tower Place, Triq San Giraldu, St Paul's Bay, No State, SPB 3341, Malta

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Package description

Inclusive of

  • 1 open water dive
  • Scuba equipment rental (full set)

Requirements

  • Minimum age: 12+
  • Min. certification: Open Water Certification required
  • Min logged dives: 4 logged dives required
  • To take part, you must be medically fit to dive. A "yes" answer to any of the below questions may require a doctor's approval of fitness to dive before taking part: 1. problems with lungs, breathing, heart or blood affecting physical or mental performance 2. over 45 years of age AND either smoke, have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or a family history of heart attack / stroke before age 50 3. struggle to perform moderate exercise 4. problems with eyes, ears, or nasal passages/sinuses 5. surgery within the last 12 months, OR ongoing problems related to past surgery 6. lost consciousness, had migraine headaches, seizures, stroke, significant head injury, or suffer from persistent neurologic injury or disease 7. treatment within the last five years for psychological problems or addiction, or a learning disability diagnosis 8. back problems, hernia, ulcers, or diabetes 9. stomach or intestine problems, or recent diarrhoea 10. taking prescription medications (excluding birth control)

What to expect

Your first phase will start with eLearning about marine debris, the damage done, what it is, where it comes from and how divers are part of the solution. 

We will then give you a full briefing on how to complete a safe debris dive, and what is best left in the ocean. Then the fun bit - we head out for a debris and collect any debris along the way into the mesh bags. 

After the dive, you will learn how to establish a Dive Against Debris® survey. This includes how to separate the debris to collect the data and how to use your PADI AWARE account to log the debris. 

The aim of the course is to give you confidence in making every dive a debris dive, and also report back to PADI AWARE the data we collect. 

Our team our passionate about Dive Against Debris dives, and believe that every dive can be a debris dive. We can protect what we love. 

Other Information

Confirmation

  • You will receive a confirmation email and voucher instantly after booking
  • In the event that you do not receive an email from us, please check your Spam folder or notify us via email

Pick Up Information

Pick up and drop off can be arranged for accommodation in the following areas: Bugibba Qawra St Paul's Bay Xemxija If your hotel/apartment or Air B&B is situated in the above areas, you will be required to stand outside the main entrance at the requested pickup time. An accurate address of your accommodation is requested in order for the instructor to collect you and can be provided after booking

Please indicate your hotel name and address on the checkout page

The dive center will reconfirm your pick up time and location at the latest one day in advance

Cancellation policy

  • Full refunds will be issued for cancellations made at least 24 hours prior to the activity
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