Hidrospot - Escola de Mergulho

Hidrospot is an exclusively SSI centre. All courses — recreational, freediving, technical, and professional — are certified through SSI. The centre is also licensed by IPDJ I.P., the Portuguese sports institute.

The Open Water Diver is €460 and includes equipment, insurance, all dives, and the SSI certification. The programme runs 6 theory sessions, 6 pool sessions, and 4 open water dives.

Yes. Freediving is taught by Peter Li (Jiaxin Li), who holds SSI Freediving Instructor, AIDA Instructor, and AIDA Youth Instructor ratings. His personal bests include 5'36" static apnea and 130 metres dynamic bifin — the programme has genuine depth behind it.

Yes. The SSI Explorers programme is designed for children aged 8 to 12. Sessions are held in a pool or confined water areas at a maximum depth of 5 metres, taught by specially trained instructors.

The SSI Try Scuba is a single pool session priced at €25. If you want to include an open water dive, the Basic Diver at €250 adds one sea dive to the pool session, and that dive can be credited toward a Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver course within 6 months.

Yes — the Extended Range programme covers XR Foundations, XR Nitrox Diving, and full Technical XR. Vitor Sequeira, the technical director, is an Extended Range Trimix Instructor, so the training goes up to trimix dives. There's also a Public Safety Diver track that includes decompression diving below 40 metres and overhead environments.

Yes. Hidrospot runs trips along the Portuguese coast and internationally. Sofia Gonçalves, one of the instructors, specifically handles the organisation of international travel.

Yes — equipment is available for rental or purchase on site, according to each diver's needs.