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Will have to add this to my list for next time!

This will actually be my third trip to Malta, but the first trip I will be diving there, most of the time I go in winter to escape the cold. The history there is quite rich like you have said, and the food CAN be hit or miss, but as both a repeat visitor and chef I have a pretty good ability to...

This IS what all my research turns up, so I am putting forth my best efforts to make Advanced by the time the trip happens. I myself am going for two weeks, my friends for just one, so I plan on doing all the easier recreational dives with them, and then some harder wreck dives once they leave...

Thank you! Although I myself am most interested in the war wrecks I know for certain my friend and I are definitely planning on seeing Gozo, and he is definitely more interested in seeing some wildlife, so doing some diving as well would be awesome while we are there. Although I have already...

Good to know! Ill be sure to get that additional cert!

You have hit the nail right on the head. I am not a heavy smoker, but things do fluctuate with work like you pointed out. I know its bad for me, I had always known I should stop, but the motive of "just being more healthy" never did it for me. Smoking never kept me from doing anything and so...

Ideally I would like to, however I now know that it will take far more time and training than I had initially anticipated, as well as probably never make that 100m mark. But as people said earlier, tech diving isn't all deep dives, I would still very much be interested in reaching that rating...

Absolutly https://theculturetrip.com/europe/malta/articles/the-best-spots-for-scuba-diving-in-malta/ https://www.scubadiving.com/exploring-underwater-remains-most-bombed-locations-in-world-malta#page-3 https://maltadives.com/sites/junkersju88north/en While the first two are obviously travel...

Thank you again for all of your help and insight Angelo! It seems that some of the articles I was reading early on were really leaving out some important things and were written for entertainment, not to be a realistic source of realistic dives to make on vacation! When I googled "top dives" for...

Listen, there is no reason to be an ass. All it meant is there is always a conflicting opinion, or evidence that claims can be or are exaggerated. Sometimes people of authority even make claims that are completely false. I came here looking for honest opinions and experience from some honest...

Oh, wow, I had no idea I was setting my sights so high. But it will be something I would like to work towards.

See, this is exactly what my initial opinion was, but I felt it prudent to get feedback from actual divers just in case. Thank you sir, you are a true gent. Although I still plan on sticking to kicking the habit, this really helps put my mid to ease. Again, EXACTLY the type of thing I need to...

Thank you! These are the exact kind of things that need to know so I can really focus on. I really plan on applying myself this summer in preparation for the trip so hearing specific challenges that I will need to be aware of is most helpful. It sounds like my ambitions of tech diver although...

This is my thought process exactly, I plan on getting as much in as I can and hopefully get that advanced cert so I can do more than shore dive. A tech cert IS the end goal, but I doubt that can be accomplished over one summer so I will have to settle for what I get.

Thank you everyone for the words of encouragement on quitting. And as someone said earlier I can put all that smoking money into diving and training. I really do understand the inherent risk and the science behind the reasoning. Nobody wants a pocket of air to burst their lung, but at the same...

I have a trip planned with diving as one of the main activities. The trip is in September and I have decided to quit and get myself into scuba using it as a tangible goal to help myself along the way. As it has been pointed out already, smoking is not exactly a hard line deal-breaker like some...

So myself and a few friends have a trip planned for Malta at in September. We have decided that we really want to go diving. Cirkewwa is one of the spots we have planned for sure but we would really like any first hand input any of you might have. I have been told that Malta has a good mix of...

It was the WWII war wrecks that caught my interest. I love history and love being able to get up close to it which is what brought me to Malta to begin with. While I was there I saw all kinds of posters for wreck diving and KNEW that the next time I went back I would have to "suba myself on down...

Hello Everyone, A warm greetings from the currently cold state of Michigan! Diving is something I am just now getting into and I am looking forward to it all! I have a trip planned to Malta in September and am looking very forward to seeing some of the sunken wrecks. Between now and then I plan...