Divemaster

The SSI Divemaster at Orca Diving is the first fully professional certification in the SSI pathway. It trains candidates to work as dive professionals — leading certified divers, assisting instructors during courses, and managing dive operations. The programme runs from the Club Nàutic de l'Escala base with the Janity and the centre's three operating zones as the working environment.

Oscar Diving's daily guided dive programme provides a realistic context for Divemaster training. Candidates work alongside the centre's accredited team across the Costa de l'Escala, the Parc Natural del Montgrí Illes Medes i Baix Ter, and Cap de Creus — environments that include every bottom type from sandy flats to walls, wrecks and caves. That variety means the practical component of the Divemaster covers genuinely different scenarios rather than repeating the same site.

The classroom is used for the knowledge development component. The centre is affiliated with SSI, FEDAS and FFESSM, so the qualification carries recognition across those frameworks. Candidates will typically have completed Stress & Rescue (or equivalent) before or during the Divemaster programme.

At 800€ the Divemaster sits between the Dive Guide specialty (700€) and the Assistant Instructor (900€). The centre runs all three, making Orca Diving a viable base for a complete professional development track from initial certification through to instructing.