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Buddies Dive Cove - Bugibba

Buddies Dive Cove - Bugibba

St Pauls Bay, Malta


About

Buddies Dive Cove is Malta’s friendliest dive centre. A family run PADI 5 Star Career Development Centre & retailer centrally located in Bugibba. Only 5 minutes walk from Qawra & St Pauls Bay on the northern coast of Malta, with the islands of Gozo and Comino just minutes away by boat. Together with the team of highly qualified and experienced PADI Instructors, they pride themselves in giving you the full personal attention to ensure that your scuba diving Malta experience is a total success. Whether you are interested in a Discover Scuba Diving session, joining one of our PADI Open Water Diver courses, Divemaster Internships or becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor at one of our IDCs, you are assured that they will meet your expectations while maintaining the highest possible standards of diver safety and education. If you are looking for guided diving in the jewel of the Mediterranean during your vacation in Malta, they run daily boat and shore dives around the three islands. While they are taking care of all the logistics, you can go ahead and enjoy wrecks, caverns, reefs and the spectacular underwater landscape that the Maltese islands are famous for. For the more Tec minded, they offer PADI TecRec diver training and Nitrox / Trimix facilities. They also offer facilities for rebreather divers.
Services & Facilities

  • Oxygen

  • Compressor

  • Video rental

  • Camera rental

  • First aid kit

  • Nitrox rental

  • Computer rental

  • Charging station

  • Equipment rental

  • Photo processing

  • House reef access

  • Rebreather rental

  • Decompression chamber

  • Digital camera rental

  • Digital photo editing

  • Junior diving courses

  • Wheelchair accessible facilities

Courses & Certifications

Contact Information

Address

St Paul's Bay, Malta

Phone

+356 2157 6266, +356 9947 8975

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Location

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