Oceansub Estartit

Oceansub Estartit operated from a small storefront on Carrer Salines, a few minutes inland from the L'Estartit harbour. Gemma Aymerich was the public face of the operation. Her partner David Carbó handled the diving side and has been a familiar name in Spanish diving communities since 2009. A guide called Marta is named in 2018 reviews.

The structural difference from neighbouring centres was group size. Each guide took five to six divers, no more, on two small semi-rigid boats: one 7.5-metre with twin 115 HP engines, one 8.5-metre with a single 260 HP. The larger of the two carried around twelve divers in total. Customer reports across a decade describe this cap as a structural rule rather than a marketing line, and the two-van shuttle from the centre to the harbour kept turnaround quick.

Services covered the standard PADI ladder from Discover Scuba through Divemaster, plus an underwater photography specialty. Discover Scuba dives stayed near ten metres. Night dives ran when conditions allowed. The site list spanned the Illes Medes Marine Reserve, the Costa del Montgrí, and Cap de Begur to the south. Languages on the dive deck included Spanish, Catalan, French, and English.

As of 2026-05-05 the operation appears paused. Google's business listing reads as temporarily closed, the website has been returning a 404 error since at least mid-April, and the centre is treated here as historical reference rather than an active booking option.

Three themes recur across more than a hundred public reviews and a long Spanish-language recommendation thread from 2017. First, the personal touch: Gemma is named individually in the great majority of reports, and the centre is repeatedly described as family-run and warm. Second, the small-group format: customers explicitly contrast the five-to-six cap with the larger Estartit operators. Third, equipment quality, with the rental kit singled out as well above the typical fleet standard.

Repeat-visit loyalty across many years is the strongest underlying signal. French divers in particular returned season after season, drawn by the owners' fluent French. Dutch and British reviewers describe a homecoming feel. The public review record runs near five stars across well over a hundred entries, with no safety complaint and very few negative ratings.