About Us

OrangeShark Diving Centre is based in Mellieha, in the north of the island, very close to the most interesting dive sites of the archipelago.

Malta is an ideal destination for divers of any level and is particularly suitable for those who would like to try scuba diving for the first time. OrangeShark is a 5-Star PADI Instructor Development Resort, open all year round, where you can receive training from entry level to professional courses, including all specialty and technical courses.

OrangeShark has 6 vehicles and the 30ft Paola One dive boat, specially designed for divers, allowing  comfortable dives all around the islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino.

The centre offers fills of AIR, NITROX and TRIMIX.

Our dives are always planned based on the experience of the divers, organizing them in small groups to offer maximum attention, safety and quality.

Our guides always carry  powerful torches to maximise  the vibrant colours of the underwater world, and also safely explore the numerous shipwrecks and caves.

This title of PADI 5-Star Dive Resort is attributed to modern PADI dive shops that excel in customer care, underwater security and awareness of the submerged environment, providing them with an highly professional service. Moreover the dive shop must meet high commercial standards, offer the full range of certification programs and provide only high quality and first-rate equipments to its customers. The PADI 5-Star Instructor Development Resort meet all the standards of the PADI 5-Star Dive Resort and also offer PADI Instructor Training.

Suex is accredited as the leading manufacturer of world-famous underwater scooters/ DPV,s (Diver Propultion Vehicles). OrangeShark is  Suex DPVs and products Distributor and also is recognized as Suex Service and Maintenance Centre for the island of Malta. At OrangeShark you will be trained conducting DPV courses with the best DPV units on the market, you will have the chance to hire Suex DPVs to improve your diving range, taking full advantage of the most up to date diving propultion equipment.

Divers Alert Network represents the best-known and efficient underwater insurance agency in the world. OrangeShark renews its insurance every year for the diving centres to ensure maximum security and protection for its customers. OrangeShark also offers to the divers the possibility to make daily, weekly, monthly or yearly DAN insurance at its centres.

Project AWARE is a nonprofit foundation that commits itself to the protection and safeguard of the ocean and all the forms of life that inhabit it. As a 100% Aware Partner, OrangeShark educates and enhances its customers’ respect for the marine environment. Every year OrangeShark promotes and participates in environmental protection events such as beach and underwater clean-ups.