Dive Guide

The Dive Guide specialty at Orca Diving is listed in both the speciality and professional sections of their course menu, which reflects its dual nature — it is an SSI speciality certification but also the first step toward the professional track. At 700€ it is the highest-priced non-Divemaster course on the menu. The course trains divers to plan and lead dive groups in a guide capacity.

Oscar Diving's three operating zones — Costa de l'Escala, Montgrí Illes Medes i Baix Ter, Cap de Creus — provide a realistic working environment for a guide course. The different bottom types (sandy, pinnacles, walls, wrecks, caves) and the variability of conditions across those protected marine zones mean students learn to make real decisions about site selection and group management, not just textbook scenarios.

The centre's instructors are themselves accredited guides who run the daily dive programme, so the teaching draws directly from working experience in these waters. Small groups across all Orca Diving courses mean the student-to-instructor ratio is kept workable. Cressi-Sub rental equipment is available and cylinders are filled on site.

For divers who complete the Dive Guide and want to continue, the Divemaster at 800€ is the logical next step on the SSI professional pathway. The centre runs both, and the combination forms a clear progression toward an Assistant Instructor qualification at 900€.