The Casino, just down the street.
A view over the Westin Hotel, in the background
you see Corinthia Hotel.
.... and Techwise
The place to relax with a cup of coffee.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Pictures of the surroundings....
The Casino, just down the street.
A view over the Westin Hotel, in the background
you see Corinthia Hotel.
.... and Techwise
The place to relax with a cup of coffee.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
St Julians, Hotels
In St Julians you can find hotels for all budgets.
The city offer hotels from 1-5 star.
Just behind the Techwise dive center you'll find the Westin Dragonara Resort.
This is a 5 star hotel which offers luxarious accomondation with all the amenities you might need. The Resort have 6 restaurants. Besides from the private beach, the hotel also have 3 pools and direct sea access. This Resort is great for travelling with children. They offer menus for children and the Westin Kids Club where your kids get the possibility to play with other children.
The Hotel works together with Techwise and Divewise to offer their guests a variaty of activities.
This resort offers the opportunity of hosting conferences, weddings and privat parties in their facilities.
St Georges park & La Valette Resort is a 3 star hotel situated in the heart of St Julians close to Paceville. It's approximatly 100 meters from Techwise & Divewise and it has got a perfect distance to both stores, restaurants and the beach.
The hotel offers 24 hour service, a fitness center and an outdoor swiming pool.
The city offer hotels from 1-5 star.
Just behind the Techwise dive center you'll find the Westin Dragonara Resort.
This is a 5 star hotel which offers luxarious accomondation with all the amenities you might need. The Resort have 6 restaurants. Besides from the private beach, the hotel also have 3 pools and direct sea access. This Resort is great for travelling with children. They offer menus for children and the Westin Kids Club where your kids get the possibility to play with other children.
The Hotel works together with Techwise and Divewise to offer their guests a variaty of activities.
This resort offers the opportunity of hosting conferences, weddings and privat parties in their facilities.
St Georges park & La Valette Resort is a 3 star hotel situated in the heart of St Julians close to Paceville. It's approximatly 100 meters from Techwise & Divewise and it has got a perfect distance to both stores, restaurants and the beach.
The hotel offers 24 hour service, a fitness center and an outdoor swiming pool.
St Julians
St Julians is one of Maltas most popular tourist destination, the city is packed of tourists in the summer but it doesn't take the genuin maltese feeling away!
Take a walk along Spinola Bay or go shopping in the Baystreet complex. If the rain start pouring or you're just a little bit tired after a day in the sun, go and see a movie at the local cinema.
St Julians is famous for Paceville, this area is filled with nightclubs and pubs all with different kinds of music. Here you are guaranteed for a night of fun.
There's as much to do during the day as there is during the evening.
You can travel easily to other citys on the island by bus, there goes local buses to both Sliema, Valetta, Bugibba and to beautiful beaches such as Mellieha Bay.
Along the main streets and tourist attractions you'll find the tourist coaches aswell.
These hop on and off buses can take you around the entire island and you can choose to buy a combined ticked for ferries to Comino, Gozo or guided boat tours around the island.
Do remember that the prices are often negotiable.
The Bay street shopping center offers a variaty
of stores for all ages and wallets.
It's also filled with restaurants and cafe's for a
quick lunch break during the shopping.
It's located in the center of St Julians.
The eden cinema offers a wide
range of movies for both kids and
adults. It's situated right by the
Bay Street shopping center in the
center of st Julians.
Spinola Bay is a beautiful sight during the day and
during the evening. The Bay is full of restaurants for
all tastes, here you can find Italian Cuisine, Maltese Cuisine,
Indian Cuisine and food with all kinds of backgrounds
and spices. In the Bay you can find old fishing boats all
in strong colours, floating around in the blue water.
Close to Paceville you'll find the restaurant Tana Del Lupo.
it serves thypical Italian food and offers exclusive wine to go
with the dinner. This is a place you must visit if you're in to
a nice bottle of wine!
In which ever mood you're in and what ever you
feel like eating, you're guaranteed to find it here
in Spinola Bay along the water.
Take a walk along Spinola Bay or go shopping in the Baystreet complex. If the rain start pouring or you're just a little bit tired after a day in the sun, go and see a movie at the local cinema.
St Julians is famous for Paceville, this area is filled with nightclubs and pubs all with different kinds of music. Here you are guaranteed for a night of fun.
There's as much to do during the day as there is during the evening.
You can travel easily to other citys on the island by bus, there goes local buses to both Sliema, Valetta, Bugibba and to beautiful beaches such as Mellieha Bay.
Along the main streets and tourist attractions you'll find the tourist coaches aswell.
These hop on and off buses can take you around the entire island and you can choose to buy a combined ticked for ferries to Comino, Gozo or guided boat tours around the island.
Do remember that the prices are often negotiable.
The Bay street shopping center offers a variaty
of stores for all ages and wallets.
It's also filled with restaurants and cafe's for a
quick lunch break during the shopping.
It's located in the center of St Julians.
The eden cinema offers a wide
range of movies for both kids and
adults. It's situated right by the
Bay Street shopping center in the
center of st Julians.
Spinola Bay is a beautiful sight during the day and
during the evening. The Bay is full of restaurants for
all tastes, here you can find Italian Cuisine, Maltese Cuisine,
Indian Cuisine and food with all kinds of backgrounds
and spices. In the Bay you can find old fishing boats all
in strong colours, floating around in the blue water.
Close to Paceville you'll find the restaurant Tana Del Lupo.
it serves thypical Italian food and offers exclusive wine to go
with the dinner. This is a place you must visit if you're in to
a nice bottle of wine!
In which ever mood you're in and what ever you
feel like eating, you're guaranteed to find it here
in Spinola Bay along the water.
The office is feeling kind of empty today, everyone are out doing dives.
Mr. Harry (the car) have taken seven of the guys out to Gozo, the Inland Sea to go diving in the amazing water. The water at the Inland Sea is famous for being clear, even though it's 50 meter deep.
However the boys felt that it was enough with 40 meter today, we're wishing them good luck and hope that the sun will come out soon!
Getting the car ready...
A lot of equipment!
Allways with a smile!
Mr. Harry (the car) have taken seven of the guys out to Gozo, the Inland Sea to go diving in the amazing water. The water at the Inland Sea is famous for being clear, even though it's 50 meter deep.
However the boys felt that it was enough with 40 meter today, we're wishing them good luck and hope that the sun will come out soon!
Getting the car ready...
A lot of equipment!
Allways with a smile!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Discover Malta beneath the surface...
There are plenty of reasons to choose Malta as your destination, one of them is all the culture you'll be exposed to, another reason is the nature. Visit Peters pool or Comino and take a swim in the water. Or discover maltese cuisine, you've got endless opportunitys. If you like shopping there's the sunday market in Floriana, if you like the water just go for a dive!
At Techwise we offer a wide range of dive sites.
The Rozi is mainly a tourist attraction beneath the surface, it's situated just outside of Cirkewwa reef. It's a 40 meter long tug boat which was deliberatly sunk in 1991 by the Captain Morgan's Cruises to be used as a tourist attraction. With the clear water and beautiful Cirkewwa reef close by, this dive site is a must!
Do observe that the minimum certification is PADI advanced open water.
The P29 Patrol boat have only been underwater for a short amount of time, but has allready become the new home for the local marine life. The dive site is just a short swim from where you jump into the water. The site is about 30 meters under water.
This wreck has got some areas which should only be seen by experienced divers such as the ones having a PADI deep & wreck specialties certification.
The minimum certification is PADI advanced open water.
To see the other dive sites that we offer, go to our website and click on Dive Sites!
http://www.techwise.com.mt/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
At Techwise we offer a wide range of dive sites.
The Rozi is mainly a tourist attraction beneath the surface, it's situated just outside of Cirkewwa reef. It's a 40 meter long tug boat which was deliberatly sunk in 1991 by the Captain Morgan's Cruises to be used as a tourist attraction. With the clear water and beautiful Cirkewwa reef close by, this dive site is a must!
Do observe that the minimum certification is PADI advanced open water.
The P29 Patrol boat have only been underwater for a short amount of time, but has allready become the new home for the local marine life. The dive site is just a short swim from where you jump into the water. The site is about 30 meters under water.
This wreck has got some areas which should only be seen by experienced divers such as the ones having a PADI deep & wreck specialties certification.
The minimum certification is PADI advanced open water.
To see the other dive sites that we offer, go to our website and click on Dive Sites!
http://www.techwise.com.mt/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx
Tuesday morning
Good morning from the Techwise team, today is going to be another day full of dives out in the sun! Pictures will be uploaded soon!
Monday, March 19, 2012
Monday 19/3 2012
Today has been a busy day here at Techwise!
We've had some divers doing dives just outside of the center, Darrell has been taking underwater photos with his huge camera while Jack's been relaxing in the sun (a bit of a lasy dog who likes making everyone jealous). It's been a sunny and warm day (up on land) but the water is still cold enough for our divers to use a dry suit, which for you who didn't know is a bit of a complicated piece of equiptment to put on!
Another fun fact is that the equiptment for our Techdivers here weigh about 30 kg!
We've had some divers doing dives just outside of the center, Darrell has been taking underwater photos with his huge camera while Jack's been relaxing in the sun (a bit of a lasy dog who likes making everyone jealous). It's been a sunny and warm day (up on land) but the water is still cold enough for our divers to use a dry suit, which for you who didn't know is a bit of a complicated piece of equiptment to put on!
Another fun fact is that the equiptment for our Techdivers here weigh about 30 kg!
Josefin & Sara
Hello everyone, our names are Sara and Josefin and we are the new interns here at Techwise two weeks forward from today. During this time we'll be posting and blogging and generally taking care of the social medias. We both come from Lund, Sweden where we study social science and tourism so this internship is an important part of our education.
We're planing on giving you a daily update here on this blogg about what goes on here at the center and in the water, stay tuned!
We're planing on giving you a daily update here on this blogg about what goes on here at the center and in the water, stay tuned!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Early Morning Stubborn Dive
Andrius and Saulius were up early this morning to head out with Sasha for a dive on the Stubborn.
They are taking a rather big camera with them . . .
They are taking a rather big camera with them . . .
After missing his flight then doing his checks yesterday Chris is now finally heading off to explore the Imperial Eagle, while Chris Stubbins gets his check dives done.
Jason is going to be setting yet more challenges for Geoff and Nigel on the house reef today as part of their Tec 40 course.
New Side Mount Cylinders
New Side mount cylinders have just arrived so we now have 10 sets. Plenty for running side mount courses!
Geoff Nutt is currently doing his Tec 40 course with us. The course got delayed a couple of days so he could do his Deep Speciality, a prerequisite for the course, however he now has a twin set strapped to his back and is heading out for a tough day of training.
Chris is also doing a check dive today to get his gear ready for a good 9 days of diving . . . should have been 10 but he missed the flight!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Leading Recreational Divers? Why not take a Twinset?
It was an early start for Sascha this morning as he was in at 6am getting everything ready for an early dive on the Stubborn. John Kendell has been in the classroom all morning covering various topics of the Tech 1 course . . . 
while Jack has been playing with his new squeaky toy . . . 
On the odd occasion when Jason and Sascha have to lend a hand leading recreational divers on pleasure dives they always make a point of doing it in their twinset despite not really needing the extra air. They do this because they believe it’s still much safer for them to have the long hose and the additional air should anyone ever need it. 
Aaron, one of the recreational instructors who also does tec diving, has decided to adopt this strategy. He has set up a rig that he can use for leading recreational pleasure divers like Jason and Sascha. Could this trend catch on? Maybe more and more recreational dive Instructors trained in technical diving will start to do this because of the added safety benefits for the people they are leading.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) Open Day Today
The Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) open day is finally here. John Kendell arrived yesterday and he and Alan have been in early getting everything organised. 
However John is still making some time for a dive on the Stubborn with Rikkard this morning but he will be back in time to talk to people about the GUE courses.
John is expecting some interesting questions . . . why does everyone wear black? . . . Why does everyone use Halcyon gear? . . .
Alan got an odd collection of Balloons for his birthday yesterday. 
Jack is not amused by them . . . 
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Rebreathers, rebreathers, rebreathers . . .
We’ve had lots of Rebreather try dives the last couple of days so Sascha has spent a lot of time assembling, disassembling and cleaning the rebreathers.
Jack’s had some trouble dealing with the heat. Viv has been keeping him in the office to keep him cool and out of mischief spent yesterday day expressing his jealousy at being left out by eating through the wetsuit hangars . . . 
Caesar had such a good time the other day he has come back for more today. W are finding it reall odd that we have a Julius a Caesar and a Mark diving together. We are now just waiting for an Anthony!
Friday, July 8, 2011
Neoprene Pocket Shorts
Have you ever noticed that one of the only down sides to wet suits is that most of them don’t have pockets. Given that not many of us actually live on the coast, and cycling in scuba gear above water is not the most sensible of ideas, it makes sense that most diversz have to drive to the dive site. Which leaves us with one problem, where to put the keys? . . .
Not only are our keys a problem, there are various other pieces of equipment we might want to takes such as a backup mask or wet notes or a torch. If we had them all hanging off our D-rings we would look like Christmas trees.
For all these problems there is potentially one solution . . . The NEOPRENE POCKET SHORTS! 
Here they are being modelled by Ed . . . 
They are pretty much identical to the types of pockets you get on a dry suit. Make sure you get a pair that fit properly thou, you don’t want them falling down when the pockets are full!
Alan is going be wearing these magic shorts today. He’s taking them down to Polynesian at 65m to really test their durability. We will have to wait for him to report back on this one . . .
Friday, July 1, 2011
Get Ready for some Simulated Ascents
Alex’s gang headed out to the Beaufighter on Wednesday afternoon for a side mount experience of this stunning wreck. 
For those of you who have never done it the Beaufighter is a plane wreck that crash landed into the ocean during the war. It now sits at 38m upside down. It is only a small wreck but it looks spectacular surrounded by a vast stretch of white sand.
Alex took some time out of diving this morning to try and fix up Harriet (the van) . . . after some confusion over some of Harriets quirks he managed to sort the problem. Sascha has returned from a short visit home and is taking Dennis to Zurrieq where he will be continuing his ART course with simulated ascents.
For those of you who have never done it the Beaufighter is a plane wreck that crash landed into the ocean during the war. It now sits at 38m upside down. It is only a small wreck but it looks spectacular surrounded by a vast stretch of white sand.
Alex took some time out of diving this morning to try and fix up Harriet (the van) . . . after some confusion over some of Harriets quirks he managed to sort the problem. Sascha has returned from a short visit home and is taking Dennis to Zurrieq where he will be continuing his ART course with simulated ascents.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Hollis SMS 100 vs the Razor System
Lots of Pleasure divers went off to explore the Imperial Eagle on the boat this morning as part of their various courses. It was a refreshing 17 deg down on the wreck, quite a big drop from a surface temp of 23! Harry is doing his Normoxic Instructor course, while Christen and Jason are doing a Normoxic course. Alex’s 3 guys are going to be doing the dive on Side mounts.
Today’s dive has turned into Hollis SMS 100 vs the Razor competition.
The question is which is better? The SMS 100 is a modular system making it great for divers who like to swap and change between back mount and side mount. 
The Razor on the other hand is designed specifically for Side Mount and so probably performs better with side mount as it is designed for only one function.
Watch this space to find out their results . . .
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