About Us

Upon arriving at Cresta Dive Center you are greeted by James and before you realize you are drinking one of his famous Maltese coffees! Next thing you know you are talked into spending all your vacation money in his shop, just joking!

After a few minutes talking he will call out his favorite name, Casey! It’s his favorite name because he does not stop using it, Casey this and Casey that… That’s where I come in, I am Casey. I explain in more detail about the PADI courses and dive sites. Here at Cresta Dive Center we do all our training in proper conditions! So if you are doing any of the beginner courses it makes life a lot more comfortable. We also do three dives a day away from the dive shop, Blue Grotto, Marfa Point, Comino, Gozo and we have our own boat. We keep our groups small and our diving safe!

Staff Instructor Dave does most of our PADI courses and Divemasters Marly and Kari Hilda take care or our German, Dutch, Danish and French speaking customers; Casey looks after the experienced divers who want to enjoy the various dive sites of the island!

Pavel, well we are still not sure what Pavel does here at Cresta Dive Centre but he insists he is a PADI MSDT instructor who works very hard!!!

We have done over 1000 courses and we are a PADI 5 star dive center with unbeatable prices. We hope you pop down, if not for a dive at least for a coffee…

James Dowling Diving Malta for the last 45 years and still kicking!

Ray Casey PADI Staff Instructor diving since 1989, Still Loves Cirkewwa!

David Woods Navy Diver since 1970 and now has retired in Malta and loves teaching beginner’s courses.

Pavel Gronovich PADI MSDT Instructor who likes hiding in the compressor room to avoid doing any work!

Rachel Tilling, Marly & Kari Hilda PADI Instructor and Divemasters who graduated under us in 2001 and have stayed on to work with us ever since.