This is the first in a series of dives in beautiful Malta with Techwise, part of Divewise. We're conducting a series of technical dive courses to push down below 30 metres and beyond the usual one-tank, no decompression limit dives. Both of us are very excited!

We began with an introductory dive — getting a sense of the waters and the folks who work there. And we learned that the waters, despite being the warmest in Europe, are still very, very cold! Despite having our 7 mm wetsuits, 2.5 mm gloves, and borrowed 2.5 mm hoods, we were still cold after only a few minutes in the water. So much for being tough diving types!

We happily took the time to try on some dry suits for our next dives. More [warmer] dives soon to come!

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Marine life in this article: painted comberMediterranean red starfishbearded fire-worm.

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