Filfla Island and Filflette is a nature reserve, without any human intervention, and thus a very unique dive spot. Acces is limited. Diving here is considered a privilege and only allowed after prior permission from the Ministry of Environment or Sharklab-Malta. Sharklab-Malta, as being a non-profit organisation for the protection of sharks around Malta, makes use of hobby divers for purposes of research. Filfla was used by the British Military as target practice and therefore the size of Filfla Island has been reduced greatly. On every dive you will encounter ammunition on the bottom, some live and some exploded.