Recreation

Malta's atmosphere, historical legacy and ethnicity provide well for various recreational activities including sports. Local clubs have facilities for scuba diving, sailing, water-skiing, wind surfing, tennis, golf, squash, basketball, football as well as for less popular activities such as badminton and bowling.

Malta is a perfect destination for rock climbing and just 60 miles south of Sicily. It is covered with a breathtaking beautiful view of the deep blue sea. Malta has mild winter conditions throughout the year that permits rock climbing in any season. Locals perform the outdoors rock climbing while the European tourists prefer it in indoor gyms. Malta is part of an archipelago consisting of Gozo and Comino as its counterpart. There are over 1200 areas spread over 315 sq km for rock-climbing in this archipelago while still many rocks remain unexplored.

Badminton

The Badminton Association of Malta was set up in the year 1970. It consists of 200 members of all ages and all walks of life.

The local Badminton session begins in September and ends around June. Training courses are also regularly organized for beginners, umpires, PE teachers as well as for aspiring coaches for the progress of local Badminton team. It is held during the week at regular intervals at the St. Aloysius College in B'Kara as well as at the St. Martin's College in Swatar and at the Cottonera Sports Complex. The "Malta International Youth Tournament" for under-18 players has been held annually in mid-October for the last four years.

Scuba diving

The archipelago consisting of Malta, Gozo and Comino is an incredible site to pursue scuba diving. They offer great sport for both beginners as well as experienced divers. The islands have natural harbors, bays, sheltered creeks; cliffs, reefs, wrecks and tourists have a wide variety to choose from. Ambient sea temperatures in summer are around 23?C and in December to March it varies from 13 to 15?c.

Ahrax Point:

This dive is situated in the North East of Malta. Entry point is through a narrow rift that starts off around 3m and reaches down to about 10m. There is a 10-minute snorkel to a point where you can choose to dive, to observe either the rich corals or explore a large cave.