Anthia Diving Center
SSI Instructor Training Center at Sesimbra harbour, running boat dives to Batelão and the River Gurara wreck since 2004, with technical diving to Trimix.
SSI8 services2 languages
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Sesimbra and Arrabida
Arrábida Experiences
SSI Instructor Training Center at Sesimbra's Porto de Abrigo, running daily boat dives and a premium River Gurara wreck product.
SSI8 services2 languages
Cipreia Dive Club
Dual SSI Diamond ITC and PADI dive centre at Sesimbra's Porto de Abrigo, running boat dives and courses to instructor level since 1992.
SSI / PADI8 services
Haliotis Sesimbra
PADI dive centre at Sesimbra's Porto de Abrigo, part of the six-branch Haliotis network, running boat trips and a dedicated River Gurara wreck trip.
PADI7 services4 languages
Megadive
SSI Diamond Center at Porto de Abrigo, Sesimbra, running Marine Park boat dives, technical diving and a separate dolphin-watching tour.
SSI10 services2 languages
Odisseia Azul
SSI dive centre with PADI training at Sesimbra's Porto de Abrigo, guiding boat dives since 2003 plus Red Sea and Maldives group trips.
SSI / PADI5 services1 language
Madeira
Atalaia Diving Center
SSI/PADI Dive Resort at Caniço de Baixo, Madeira, running a six-site house reef the centre calls the island's largest, since 1988.
SSI / PADI7 services4 languages
Atlantic Diving Center
SSI dive centre at the Clube Naval do Funchal marina, Madeira, running house-reef and boat dives, SSI courses and conservation-partnered research diving.
SSI4 services2 languages
Azul Diving Center
PADI 5-Star centre with two bases in Funchal and Caniçal, Madeira, running reef, wreck and Ponta de São Lourenço boat dives since 2014.
PADI4 services
Brava Diving Center
SSI centre on Praia da Ribeira Brava, Madeira, founded by Carlos Relvas (diving since 1968); runs a joint liveaboard with sister centre Calheta Dive Center.
SSI5 services5 languages
Dive Around Madeira
Mobile dive centre based at Caniçal's Whale Museum, Madeira, running SSI courses and guided dives with instructor Joao to five named coastal sites.
SSI4 services
Focus Natura
SSI dive centre in Santa Cruz, near Madeira's airport, running boat trips to 23 named sites since 2006, with a focus on underwater photography.
SSI8 services2 languages
Haliotis Madeira
PADI dive centre at Hotel Dom Pedro Baía, Machico, part of the six-base Haliotis chain, diving nine named sites plus Desertas Islands day trips.
PADI6 services2 languages
Madeira Divepoint
PADI 5-Star Instructor Development Center and Dive Resort at the Pestana Hotel Madeira Carlton, Funchal, running house-reef and wreck diving since 1991.
PADI6 services
Madeira Diving Center
Family-run SSI centre at Caniço de Baixo, Madeira's first dive base since 1980, running shore dives to seven named sites in three price zones.
SSI5 services4 languages
Manta Diving Madeira
ISO 24803/EN14467-certified centre at the Sentido Hotel Galomar, Caniço de Baixo, with its own 6-spot house reef inside the Garajau Marine Reserve.
SSI / CMAS6 services
Mero Diving Center
SSI-affiliated shore dive centre in a cave at Praia do Garajau, Caniço, Madeira, running the Garajau reserve dive plus wreck boat trips.
SSI5 services
Scorpio Madeira
SSI dive centre in Caniçal, Madeira, running shore dives to its seahorse-and-frogfish house reef and boat dives into the Ponta de São Lourenço reserve.
SSI9 services
Sao Miguel
Azores Sub
SSI Diamond Center at Vila Franca do Campo marina, running boat dives to Sao Miguel's south coast and the offshore Formigas & Dollabarat reserve.
SSI / PADI / CMAS7 services2 languages
Azoresdiving
SSI/PADI dive centre at Ponta Delgada marina, Sao Miguel, running boat dives to the Dori wreck and offshore trips to Formigas and Dollabarat.
SSI / PADI5 services6 languages
Azzurro Dive Academy
SSI Instructor Training Center at Rabo de Peixe, on Sao Miguel's north coast; family-run since 2011, away from the island's two main dive harbours.
SSI8 services
Best Spot Azores
SSI Instructor Training Center and PADI Dive Resort at Marina Pero de Teive, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, running daily boat and offshore dives.
SSI / PADI6 services1 language
Espírito Azul
Dive centre at Marina de Vila Franca do Campo running a 28-site south-coast boat rotation, offshore manta trips, and an affiliated Azores liveaboard.
SSI8 services4 languages
Season Challenge
PADI 5-Star IDC Dive Resort at Marina Pero de Teive, Ponta Delgada, running daily boat dives plus whale-watching, snorkelling and hiking trips.
PADI5 services4 languages
Algarve
Blue Ocean Divers
German-owned SSI/PADI dive centre at Luz Bay Club, Praia da Luz near Lagos, running shore and boat dives across the western Algarve since 1996.
SSI / PADI5 services3 languages
Diver's Cove
PADI/SSI dive centre in Praia do Carvoeiro, Algarve, trading since 1992, running local shore dives and boat trips to Lagos, Sagres and the Alvor wrecks.
PADI / SSI7 services4 languages
Divers Cape
PADI 5 Star dive centre in Sagres marina, running recreational and TecRec technical diving into the Costa Vicentina park's caves, canyons and passages.
PADI8 services4 languages
Divespot Portugal
SSI-affiliated dive centre in Armação de Pêra, central Algarve, running small-group reef trips and citizen-science dives since 1997.
SSI5 services2 languages
Easydivers
PADI and SSI Instructor Training Center in Albufeira Marina, running daily boat dives, courses to professional level, and ART Reef by Vhils tours.
PADI / SSI4 services2 languages
Isla Sub VRSA
SSI dive club and IPDJ-licensed school in Vila Real de Santo António, eastern Algarve, running boat wreck and reef dives on the Guadiana estuary near Spain.
SSI6 services
Lagos Divers
PADI 5-Star IDC centre in Lagos, Algarve, running daily boat trips to Ponta da Piedade and Ocean Revival, plus courses to instructor level.
PADI5 services
PuraVida DiveHouse
SSI dive centre and dive hostel at Baleeira, Sagres, family-run since 2013, running boat and shore dives to 30+ sites on the western Algarve coast.
SSI8 services3 languages
Tribemar
SSI-affiliated dive school and diving-services company in Portimão, Algarve, running courses alongside professional and industrial underwater work.
SSI5 services1 language
WeDive Lagos
SSI Instructor Training Center at Marina de Lagos, running daily boat trips from 8 to 35 m across Ponta da Piedade and the Ocean Revival wrecks.
SSI / PADI9 services
Lisbon and Cascais
Cascais Dive
SSI Instructor Training Center at Cascais marina, Estoril, running small-group boat reef dives from Estoril to Cabo Raso since 2011.
SSI4 services
Clube Náutico de Oficiais e Cadetes da Armada
Private, non-profit Portuguese Navy officers'/cadets' club (1888) at Alfeite Naval Base, Almada, with an SSI/IPDJ dive school open to non-members.
SSI6 services
Clube Naval de Cascais
PADI 5-Star dive department of Cascais's 1938 sailing club, teaching Discover Scuba through Divemaster from the town marina.
PADI / SSI6 services3 languages
Didactic Turtle
Lisbon-based SSI dive school and equipment-service centre, founded 2021, teaching technical diving through Extended Range and servicing 15+ equipment brands.
SSI7 services
Porto Santo
Cipreia Porto Santo
SSI Instructor Training Center inside Vila Baleira Resort, Porto Santo, running boat trips to the island's two wreck sites.
SSI / PADI3 services2 languages
Porto Santo Sub
Family-run SSI dive centre on Porto Santo since 2001, running both of the island's wrecks, with an unusually large and consistently strong review record.
SSI9 services2 languages
Rhea Dive
SSI dive centre on Porto Santo since 2007, running twice-daily boat trips to 19 named sites with hotel pickup from Campo de Baixo.
SSI7 services6 languages
Faial and Pico
CW Azores
SSI dive centre and whale-watching operator at Madalena marina, Pico, running shark, Princess Alice Bank and coastal diving from four boats.
SSI3 services5 languages
DiveAzores
PADI and SSI dive resort and whale-watching eco-operator in Horta, Faial, running reef, blue-shark and Princess Alice Bank trips.
PADI / SSI4 services4 languages
Divers Club Azores
Small, owner-run Mares/SSI dive centre in Lajes do Pico, running Princess Alice Bank, Condor Bank and Shark Diving expeditions.
SSI4 services
Go Shark
SSI-affiliated shark and manta ray specialist at Marina da Horta, Faial, running marine-biologist-led Condor Bank and Princess Alice Bank trips.
SSI6 services3 languages
Haliotis Faial
PADI Dive Center at Marina da Horta, Faial, part of the 6-location Haliotis chain, running blue-shark, Princess Alice Bank and five named coastal dives.
PADI8 services3 languages
Sea Riders
Small, owner-run SSI dive centre at Marina da Horta, Faial, led by marine biologist Alba; coastal, blue shark and Princess Alice Bank diving.
SSI6 services
Terceira
Deep Blue Azores
SSI dive centre at Porto das Pipas marina, Angra do Heroismo, founded 2017, diving Terceira's established sites plus offshore trips to Banco D. João de Castro.
SSI3 services1 language
Octopus Diving Center
SSI dive centre in Praia da Vitoria, Terceira, running since 2008, with boat trips to Banco D. Joao de Castro, Vapor Lidador and Cinco Ribeiras.
SSI4 services2 languages
Scubazores Divers
SSI dive centre and shop on the Silveira road in Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, founded 2021, running boat and shore dives across 11 named spots.
SSI5 services2 languages
Terceira Adventures
SSI dive centre at Porto das Pipas, Angra do Heroismo, running boat dives to the Cemetery of Anchors and the Lidador wreck, open since April 2025.
SSI8 services
Peniche and Berlengas
Haliotis Peniche
PADI 5 Star CDC dive centre near Peniche, Portugal, running Berlengas Natural Reserve boat trips from its own two RIBs, Lascaris and Necora.
PADI9 services
JustDive
SSI Instructor Training Center in Peniche, running boat trips to Berlengas, Farilhões and Estelas plus a mainland site.
SSI6 services
Santa Maria
Haliotis Santa Maria
PADI Career Development Centre branch at Hotel Colombo, Vila do Porto, Santa Maria, running boat trips to Ambrósio's mobula rays and the offshore Formigas/Dollabarat reserve, June to October.
PADI7 services2 languages
Mantamaria
SSI dive centre and PADI Resort at Vila do Porto marina, Santa Maria, Azores, running boat day trips to Baixa do Ambrósio's mantas since 2009.
SSI / PADI9 services2 languages
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