About us
A small, friendly, PADI 5-Star team based in Mellieħa — diving Malta, Gozo and Comino since day one.
Scuba Life Malta was born from a love of these islands and the magic that lives beneath them. We run small groups, take our time, and care more about the experience than ticking boxes.
Whether it's your first breath underwater or your hundredth dive, we treat every diver like a friend. That's what "Stay Sunny. Dive Happy." means to us.
Scuba Life Malta was founded by Simon and Jacqui, and is now run day-to-day by Janie and Mattias — with Simon and Jacqui still around the centre and in the water. The yellow turtle is slowly giving way to our new mark, but the standards, the small groups and the warm welcome that built this school are exactly the same.
Recognised by PADI for the highest standards in training and customer service.
MTA License No: DIVE/0087/1
A passionate small team — you'll dive with the same instructors all week.
MTA License No: DIVE/0087/1 · Company Reg No: C79960 · VAT No: MT24121917
Friendly faces, plenty of patience and thousands of dives between us.
Master Scuba Diver Trainer · Co-owner
MSDT #532834
Co-owner of Scuba Life Malta and a familiar buddy on most dives. Janie started diving here in Malta in 2022 and fell instantly for the islands — the wrecks, the light, the easy blue. Nothing makes her happier than sharing that love for the ocean with new divers, whether it's a first breath underwater or a hundredth dive on the Um El Faroud.
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PADI Divemaster · Co-owner
DM #572720
Co-owner of Scuba Life Malta. Mattias swapped an office suit for a wetsuit, started diving in 2024 and never looked back. He's usually at the dive centre kitting up guests, talking through the day's site or chatting away on the drive home — happiest when the tanks are full and the sea is calm.
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Master Scuba Diver Trainer · BSAC Instructor
“Bird”
In 2024 the team was lucky enough to be joined by Lisa — better known as “Bird”. She brings a wealth of knowledge as both a BSAC Instructor and a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer. Lisa first came to Malta a few years ago, fell in love with the place and knew she had to come back. After passing her PADI Instructor course she returned to dive with the team full-time. With a background as a baker, guests are sometimes lucky enough to be here on a Cake Friday when Lisa brings in home-made cakes for the surface interval. Her favourite dive site? All of them — as long as she's underwater.
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Master Scuba Diver Trainer · Founders
Original owners of Scuba Life Malta
Simon and Jacqui are the original owners and creators of Scuba Life Malta. Simon has been diving since 2005, Jacqui since 1996, and somewhere along the way they fell as hard for each other as they did for the ocean. These days they've handed over the day-to-day to the next crew, but they're still around the dive centre and in the water — teaching the odd course and sharing the love that started it all.
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